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. 2015 Mar 27;9(3):e0003682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003682

Table 2. Distribution parameter estimates with 95% confidence intervals.

Truncated Distribution Shape Parameter Parameter 2 Parameter 3
Exponential 19.4 (15.48, 24.99) n/a n/a
Distributions with exponential as a special or limiting case
Beta 0.93 (0.64, 1.47) 17.06 (11.39, 29.41) n/a
Gumbel -3.75 (-6.87, -0.75)** 1.20 (0.42, 1.98) n/a
Normal -1.32 (-32.88, 0.01)** 0.27 (0.06, 1.30) n/a
Gamma 0.98 (0.55, 1.65) 0.05 (0.03, 0.08) n/a
Weibull 1.01 (0.81, 1.29) 0.05 (0.04, 0.07) n/a
Generalized Gamma 0.54 (0.13, 1.39) 0.09 (0.03,0.22) 1.45 (0.89, 3.90)***
Mixed Exponential 0.99 (0.15, 1.00)* 19.41 (15.80, 625.17) 16.76 (13.04, 21.17)
Other Distributions
Cauchy 0.02 (-0.01, 0.04) 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) n/a
Log-Normal 0.00 (0.00, 0.05) 4.31 (3.74, 4.90) n/a
Chi-Squared 0.52 (0.47, 0.62) n/a n/a
Chi 0.25 (0.23, 0.30) n/a n/a

*Shape parameter for the truncated mixed exponential refers to the proportion parameter

**Shape parameter for the truncated normal and Gumbel distributions refers to the location parameter

***Parameter 3 for the generalized gamma refers to the second shape parameter