Int J Performability Eng ›› 2013, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 352-354.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.13.3.p352.mag

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Standardization of the Logistic Distribution based on Entropy

LAMBERT PIERRAT1 and SAMUEL KOTZ2   

  1. 1 LJ - Consulting & LJK-LAB, UMR CNRS 5224,21 Allée Jean Wiener, 38040 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, FRANCE
    2 George Washington University, Washington DC, U.S.A. (Deceased)

Abstract:

In order to define an acceptable equivalence between a normal and a logistic distribution, a common standardized way is by the identification of their two first statistical moments. We propose an alternative method based on equality of their differential entropies, which demonstrates the validity of the usual standardization method.


Received on January 4, 2013, revised on February 10, 2013
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