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UnivariateContinuousDistributionHazardFunction Method

Gets the hazard function, also known as the failure rate or the conditional failure density function for this distribution evaluated at point x.

Namespace:  Accord.Statistics.Distributions.Univariate
Assembly:  Accord.Statistics (in Accord.Statistics.dll) Version: 3.8.0
Syntax
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public virtual double HazardFunction(
	double x
)
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Parameters

x
Type: SystemDouble
A single point in the distribution range.

Return Value

Type: Double
The conditional failure density function h(x) evaluated at x in the current distribution.

Implements

IUnivariateDistributionHazardFunction(Double)
IUnivariateDistributionTObservationHazardFunction(TObservation)
Remarks
The hazard function is the ratio of the probability density function f(x) to the survival function, S(x).
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