Meanings
nounRice distribution (plural Rice distributions)
plural Rice distributions · alternative Ricean distribution · alternative Rician distribution
- mathematicsThe probability distribution of the magnitude of a circular bivariate normal random variable with potentially non-zero mean.
Origin
Named after Stephen O. Rice.
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