Double Exponential Distribution

In statistics, the double exponential distribution may refer to

  • Laplace distribution, or bilateral exponential distribution, consisting of two exponential distributions glued together on each side of a threshold
  • Gumbel distribution, the cumulative distribution function of which is an iterated exponential function (the exponential of an exponential function).

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