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Derivatives of the Incomplete Beta Function

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  • Boik, Robert J.
  • Robinson-Cox, James F.

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The incomplete beta function is defined as where Beta(p, q) is the beta function. Dutka (1981) gave a history of the development and numerical evaluation of this function. In this article, an algorithm for computing first and second derivatives of Ix,p,q with respect to p and q is described. The algorithm is useful, for example, when fitting parameters to a censored beta, truncated beta, or a truncated beta-binomial model.

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  • Boik, Robert J. & Robinson-Cox, James F., 1998. "Derivatives of the Incomplete Beta Function," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 3(i01).
    • Handle: RePEc:jss:jstsof:v:003:i01
    DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10.18637/jss.v003.i01
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