A microbiology application of the skew-Laplace distribution

Flow cytometry scatter are ofen used in microbiology, and their measures are related to bacteria size and granularity. We present an application of the skew-Laplace distribution to flow cytometry data. The goodness of fit is evaluated both graphically and numerically. We also study skewness and kurt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Julià, Olga, Vives Rego, Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/8933
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/8933
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mathematical statistics
Skew-Laplace distribution
Goodness of fit
Bacteria size
Estadística matemàtica
Classificació AMS::62 Statistics::62F Parametric inference
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica
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Sumario:Flow cytometry scatter are ofen used in microbiology, and their measures are related to bacteria size and granularity. We present an application of the skew-Laplace distribution to flow cytometry data. The goodness of fit is evaluated both graphically and numerically. We also study skewness and kurtosis values to assess usefulness of the skew-Laplace distribution.