KnowraExponential distributionLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Exponential distribution, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 6Related 6Compared with 4Random variableBroader topic: It models waiting times between events in a Poisson process.Probability distributionBroader topic: Its memoryless property makes it a standard model for waiting times.Probability density functionBroader topic: It models waiting times with a simple, explicitly integrable density.Cumulative distribution functionBroader topic: Its CDF rises from zero toward one as one minus an exponential tail.Moment-generating functionBroader topic: Its moment-generating function is a simple example with a finite interval of existence.Gamma distributionBroader topic: It is the gamma distribution’s shape-one special case.