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Dakota Reference Manual
Version 6.15
Explore and Predict with Confidence
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Aleatory uncertain discrete variable - geometric
This keyword is related to the topics:
Alias: none
Argument(s): INTEGER
Default: no geometric uncertain variables
Child Keywords:
Required/Optional | Description of Group | Dakota Keyword | Dakota Keyword Description | |
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Required | probability_per_trial | Geometric distribution parameter | ||
Optional | initial_point | Initial values for variables | ||
Optional | descriptors | Labels for the variables |
The geometric distribution represents the number of successful trials that might occur before a failure is observed.
The density function for the geometric distribution is given by:
where p
is the probability of failure per trial.