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FindDistribution

FindDistribution[data] finds a simple functional form to fit the distribution of data.

  • FindDistribution[data,n] finds up to n best distributions.
  • FindDistribution[data,n,prop] returns up to n best distributions associated with property prop.
  • FindDistribution[data,n,{prop1,prop2,…}] returns up to n best distributions associated with properties prop1, prop2, etc.

Examples

(* Find best fitting distribution *)
data = RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[0, 1], 1000];
FindDistribution[data]

(* Find top 3 distributions *)
FindDistribution[data, 3]

(* Get specific properties *)
FindDistribution[data, 1, "AIC"]

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