If the probability distribution of X is Gaussian^ (aka Normal) with mean (µ or mu) and variance sigma squared (ó2 or sigma2) we write X ~ N(µ, ó2). {ed, using ó as the greek letter sigma}. µ gives us the center of the normal bell curve, ó is the standard deviation^ or width from the center of the curve to the inflection point^ where the slope of the curve changes from concave to convex. ó2 is the variance.
In the figure here, the red line is the Normal distribution.
Another way of calculating this is:
ó2=o^2
a = 1/sqrt(2 * Pi * ó2)
g(x) = a * exp(-0.5 * ( (x-µ)^2 / ó2) )
Where ó2 is the variance which controls the width of the peak, µ is the "expected value" or position of the center of the peak, and a is the height of the peak. Setting a to 1/sqrt(2* Pi * ó2) makes the integral of the curve exactly 1, so the area under the curve is a single unit.
Gausian functions are often used as kernels in Support Vector Machines, or in Anomaly Detection. They are also used in Kalman Filters for localization
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