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dnLaplace - Laplace Distribution

Laplace distribution with mean equal to `mean` and scale equal to `scale`.

Usage

dnLaplace(Real mean, RealPos scale)

Arguments

mean : Real (pass by const reference)
The mean parameter.
Default : 0
scale : RealPos (pass by const reference)
The scale parameter.
Default : 1

Domain Type

Details

The Laplace distribution has density: f(x) = 1/(2 b) e^-(abs(x-mu)/b) where mu is the mean of the distribution and b the scale.

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