{
    "name": "beta",
    "synonyms": [ "Beta" ],
    "result_type": "Distribution[Double]",
    "call": "Distributions.beta[a,b]",
    "args": [
        {
            "arg_name": "a",
            "arg_type": "Double",
	    "description": "The a parameter"
        },
        {
            "arg_name": "b",
            "arg_type": "Double",
	    "description": "The b parameter"
        }
    ],
    "title": "The Beta distribution",
    "description": "The Beta distribution has mean a*b and variance\n a*b/((a+b)^2 * (a+b+1)).",
    "examples": ["~beta[1,1]               // Sample from a uniform(0,1)",
		 "~iid[10,beta[1,1]]       // Generate 10 uniform samples",
		 "density[beta[3,4],0.5]   // Compute the beta[3,4] density at 0.5"
		 ]
}
