Hyper-Erlang distribution

Continuous probability distribution

In probability theory, a hyper-Erlang distribution is a continuous probability distribution which takes a particular Erlang distribution E_i with probability p_i. A hyper-Erlang distributed random variable X has a probability density function given by

A(x)=\sum _{i=1}^{n}p_{i}E_{l_{i}}(x)

where each p_i > 0 with the p_i summing to 1 and each of the E_{l_i} being an Erlang distribution with l_i stages each of which has parameter λ_i.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Bocharov, P. P.; D'Apice, C.; Pechinkin, A. V. (2003). "2. Defining parameters of queueing systems". Queueing Theory. doi:10.1515/9783110936025.61. ISBN 9783110936025.
^ Yuguang Fang; Chlamtac, I. (1999). "Teletraffic analysis and mobility modeling of PCS networks". IEEE Transactions on Communications. 47 (7): 1062. doi:10.1109/26.774856.
^ Fang, Y. (2001). "Hyper-Erlang Distribution Model and its Application in Wireless Mobile Networks". Wireless Networks. 7 (3). Kluwer Academic Publishers: 211–219. doi:10.1023/A:1016617904269.

Probability distributions (list)

Discrete
univariate

with finite support	Benford Bernoulli beta-binomial binomial categorical hypergeometric negative Poisson binomial Rademacher soliton discrete uniform Zipf Zipf–Mandelbrot
with infinite support	beta negative binomial Borel Conway–Maxwell–Poisson discrete phase-type Delaporte extended negative binomial Flory–Schulz Gauss–Kuzmin geometric logarithmic mixed Poisson negative binomial Panjer parabolic fractal Poisson Skellam Yule–Simon zeta

Continuous
univariate

supported on a bounded interval	arcsine ARGUS Balding–Nichols Bates beta beta rectangular continuous Bernoulli Irwin–Hall Kumaraswamy logit-normal noncentral beta PERT raised cosine reciprocal triangular U-quadratic uniform Wigner semicircle
supported on a semi-infinite interval	Benini Benktander 1st kind Benktander 2nd kind beta prime Burr chi chi-squared noncentral inverse scaled Dagum Davis Erlang hyper exponential hyperexponential hypoexponential logarithmic F noncentral folded normal Fréchet gamma generalized inverse gamma/Gompertz Gompertz shifted half-logistic half-normal Hotelling's T-squared inverse Gaussian generalized Kolmogorov Lévy log-Cauchy log-Laplace log-logistic log-normal log-t Lomax matrix-exponential Maxwell–Boltzmann Maxwell–Jüttner Mittag-Leffler Nakagami Pareto phase-type Poly-Weibull Rayleigh relativistic Breit–Wigner Rice truncated normal type-2 Gumbel Weibull discrete Wilks's lambda
supported on the whole real line	Cauchy exponential power Fisher's z Kaniadakis κ-Gaussian Gaussian q generalized normal generalized hyperbolic geometric stable Gumbel Holtsmark hyperbolic secant Johnson's S_U Landau Laplace asymmetric logistic noncentral t normal (Gaussian) normal-inverse Gaussian skew normal slash stable Student's t Tracy–Widom variance-gamma Voigt
with support whose type varies	generalized chi-squared generalized extreme value generalized Pareto Marchenko–Pastur Kaniadakis κ-exponential Kaniadakis κ-Gamma Kaniadakis κ-Weibull Kaniadakis κ-Logistic Kaniadakis κ-Erlang q-exponential q-Gaussian q-Weibull shifted log-logistic Tukey lambda