are the same as for pdf calculation. The default cdf method can be changed by setting ``levy_stable.cdf_default_method`` to either 'piecewise' or 'fft-simpson'. For cdf calculations the Zolatarev method is superior in accuracy, so FFT is disabled by default. Fitting estimate uses quantile estimation method in [MC]. MLE estimation of parameters in fit method uses this quantile estimate initially. Note that MLE doesn't always converge if using FFT for pdf calculations; this will be the case if alpha <= 1 where the FFT approach doesn't give good approximations. Any non-missing value for the attribute ``levy_stable.pdf_fft_min_points_threshold`` will set ``levy_stable.pdf_default_method`` to 'fft-simpson' if a valid default method is not otherwise set. .. warning:: For pdf calculations FFT calculation is considered experimental. For cdf calculations FFT calculation is considered experimental. Use Zolatarev's method instead (default). The probability density above is defined in the "standardized" form. To shift and/or scale the distribution use the ``loc`` and ``scale`` parameters. Generally ``%(name)s.pdf(x, %(shapes)s, loc, scale)`` is identically equivalent to ``%(name)s.pdf(y, %(shapes)s) / scale`` with ``y = (x - loc) / scale``, except in the ``S1`` parameterization if ``alpha == 1``. In that case ``%(name)s.pdf(x, %(shapes)s, loc, scale)`` is identically equivalent to ``%(name)s.pdf(y, %(shapes)s) / scale`` with ``y = (x - loc - 2 * beta * scale * np.log(scale) / np.pi) / scale``. See [NO2]_ Definition 1.8 for more information. Note that shifting the location of a distribution does not make it a "noncentral" distribution. References ---------- .. [MC] McCulloch, J., 1986. Simple consistent estimators of stable distribution parameters. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 15, 11091136. .. [WZ] Wang, Li and Zhang, Ji-Hong, 2008. Simpson's rule based FFT method to compute densities of stable distribution. .. [NO] Nolan, J., 1997. Numerical Calculation of Stable Densities and distributions Functions. .. [NO2] Nolan, J., 2018. Stable Distributions: Models for Heavy Tailed Data. .. [HO] Hopcraft, K. I., Jakeman, E., Tanner, R. M. J., 1999. Lévy random walks with fluctuating step number and multiscale behavior. %(example)s Ú