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Log-Logistic Distribution

X ~ LogLogistic(α, β)

Proportional-Odds Survival FamilyPublished July 22, 2026

The first sheet to open the site's Lifetime/Survival category on its own terms: defined by exponentiating the already-published Logistic distribution (exact tie confirmed via Kolmogorov-Smirnov test), with a signature 'proportional odds' survival property and a hazard that can rise and then fall -- a shape neither the already-published Weibull nor Exponential can produce. Verified against scipy.stats.fisk to machine precision, with no closed-form maximum-likelihood estimator.

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The first sheet to open the site's Lifetime/Survival category on its own terms: defined by exponentiating the already-published Logistic distribution (exact tie confirmed via Kolmogorov-Smirnov test), with a signature 'proportional odds' survival property and a hazard that can rise and then fall -- a shape neither the already-published Weibull nor Exponential can produce. Verified against scipy.stats.fisk to machine precision, with no closed-form maximum-likelihood estimator.

Support

x ∈ (0, ∞)

Parameters

α > 0 (scale), β > 0 (shape)