Shifted log-logistic
Probability density function ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/Shiftedloglogisticpdf.svg/220px-Shiftedloglogisticpdf.svg.png) ![{\displaystyle \mu =0,\sigma =1,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8c14fb7cc771a6ffc4f85d422f44add10a9f8dd2) values of ![{\displaystyle \xi }](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e0b461aaf61091abd5d2c808931c48b8ff9647db) as shown in legend |
Cumulative distribution function ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Shiftedloglogisticcdf.svg/220px-Shiftedloglogisticcdf.svg.png) ![{\displaystyle \mu =0,\sigma =1,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8c14fb7cc771a6ffc4f85d422f44add10a9f8dd2) values of ![{\displaystyle \xi }](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e0b461aaf61091abd5d2c808931c48b8ff9647db) as shown in legend |
Parameters |
location (real)
scale (real)
shape (real) |
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Support |
![{\displaystyle x\geqslant \mu -\sigma /\xi \,\;(\xi >0)}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8eb772041718fef100c753564bd57a558db153c3)
![{\displaystyle x\leqslant \mu -\sigma /\xi \,\;(\xi <0)}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7640e1354efd975861bdc1ca8e517fd1c4ae0dc8)
![{\displaystyle x\in (-\infty ,+\infty )\,\;(\xi =0)}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/933446d891262053b9cd913146bd8b5b2bed3b98) |
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PDF |
![{\displaystyle {\frac {(1+\xi z)^{-(1/\xi +1))){\sigma \left(1+(1+\xi z)^{-1/\xi }\right)^{2))))](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/eb0a6c2c6053b69a27ebfba1f776ac3d566461d6)
where ![{\displaystyle z=(x-\mu )/\sigma \,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8244b89656eac44fc7b134d8447038fd7e17d6c6) |
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CDF |
![{\displaystyle \left(1+(1+\xi z)^{-1/\xi }\right)^{-1}\,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3df6ac77f0f190d6d8c796ea816ce43a157f1b68)
where ![{\displaystyle z=(x-\mu )/\sigma \,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8244b89656eac44fc7b134d8447038fd7e17d6c6) |
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Mean |
![{\displaystyle \mu +{\frac {\sigma }{\xi ))(\alpha \csc(\alpha )-1)}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/dc6265b5df9b7e36b4bb9afc35fb4c1d024be3b7)
where ![{\displaystyle \alpha =\pi \xi \,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d1a04798813006cf1e5d0076964b9b9ec7e7da31) |
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Median |
![{\displaystyle \mu \,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8d20addf0d9f04e185714134b97726c4bf17d340) |
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Mode |
![{\displaystyle \mu +{\frac {\sigma }{\xi ))\left[\left({\frac {1-\xi }{1+\xi ))\right)^{\xi }-1\right]}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a3234781adb448370f3a7d4073c460b630bdab66) |
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Variance |
![{\displaystyle {\frac {\sigma ^{2)){\xi ^{2))}[2\alpha \csc(2\alpha )-(\alpha \csc(\alpha ))^{2}]}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7608a00d698835b4f898f584eaf8983af7c6bd6c)
where ![{\displaystyle \alpha =\pi \xi \,}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d1a04798813006cf1e5d0076964b9b9ec7e7da31) |
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The shifted log-logistic distribution is a probability distribution also known as the generalized log-logistic or the three-parameter log-logistic distribution.[1][2] It has also been called the generalized logistic distribution,[3] but this conflicts with other uses of the term: see generalized logistic distribution.
Definition
The shifted log-logistic distribution can be obtained from the log-logistic distribution by addition of a shift parameter
. Thus if
has a log-logistic distribution then
has a shifted log-logistic distribution. So
has a shifted log-logistic distribution if
has a logistic distribution. The shift parameter adds a location parameter to the scale and shape parameters of the (unshifted) log-logistic.
The properties of this distribution are straightforward to derive from those of the log-logistic distribution. However, an alternative parameterisation, similar to that used for the generalized Pareto distribution and the generalized extreme value distribution, gives more interpretable parameters and also aids their estimation.
In this parameterisation, the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the shifted log-logistic distribution is
![{\displaystyle F(x;\mu ,\sigma ,\xi )={\frac {1}{1+\left(1+{\frac {\xi (x-\mu )}{\sigma ))\right)^{-1/\xi ))))](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4e3e0f9ae4b9843bda12d03da103b27baa2629ca)
for
, where
is the location parameter,
the scale parameter and
the shape parameter. Note that some references use
to parameterise the shape.[3][4]
The probability density function (PDF) is
![{\displaystyle f(x;\mu ,\sigma ,\xi )={\frac {\left(1+{\frac {\xi (x-\mu )}{\sigma ))\right)^{-(1/\xi +1))){\sigma \left[1+\left(1+{\frac {\xi (x-\mu )}{\sigma ))\right)^{-1/\xi }\right]^{2))},}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b8c96002fc1eff907617fff2d31e76d578ef5a04)
again, for
The shape parameter
is often restricted to lie in [-1,1], when the probability density function is bounded. When
, it has an asymptote at
. Reversing the sign of
reflects the pdf and the cdf about
.
Related distributions
- When
the shifted log-logistic reduces to the log-logistic distribution.
- When
→ 0, the shifted log-logistic reduces to the logistic distribution.
- The shifted log-logistic with shape parameter
is the same as the generalized Pareto distribution with shape parameter ![{\displaystyle \xi =1.}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c09cb9be873f66ba88491a067b87df5ea9409a34)
Applications
The three-parameter log-logistic distribution is used in hydrology for modelling flood frequency.[3][4][5]
Alternate parameterization
An alternate parameterization with simpler expressions for the PDF and CDF is as follows. For the shape parameter
, scale parameter
and location parameter
, the PDF is given by [6][7]
The CDF is given by
The mean is
and the variance is
, where
.[7]