[R] new dgamma rate argument

Jim Lindsey james.lindsey at luc.ac.be
Fri Jan 11 14:00:27 CET 2002


Can someone explain to me in what way the new (dpqr)gamma parameter
can be interpreted as a rate (when shape != 1)? The only gamma rate
that I am aware of is the hazard rate given by dgamma/(1-pgamma), the
log of which is returned by my hgamma function (event library).
  Jim
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