The Difference-of-Log-Normals Distribution: Properties, Estimation, and Growth

Robert Parham

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Abstract: This paper describes the Difference-of-Log-Normals (DLN) distribution. A companion paper makes the case that the DLN is a fundamental distribution in nature, and shows how a simple application of the CLT gives rise to the DLN in many disparate phenomena. Here, I characterize its PDF, CDF, moments, and parameter estimators; generalize it to N-dimensions using spherical distribution theory; describe methods to deal with its signature ``double-exponential'' nature; and use it to generalize growth measurement to possibly-negative variates distributing DLN. I also conduct Monte-Carlo experiments to establish some properties of the estimators and measures described.

Date: 2023-02
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