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package org.apache.mahout.math.jet.stat;
import org.apache.mahout.math.jet.random.Normal;
/** Partially deprecated until unit tests are in place. Until this time, this class/interface is unsupported. */
public final class Probability {
private static final Normal UNIT_NORMAL = new Normal(0, 1, null);
private Probability() {
}
/**
* Returns the area from zero to x under the beta density function.
*
* x
* - -
* | (a+b) | | a-1 b-1
* P(x) = ---------- | t (1-t) dt
* - - | |
* | (a) | (b) -
* 0
*
* This function is identical to the incomplete beta integral function Gamma.incompleteBeta(a, b, x).
*
* The complemented function is
*
* 1 - P(1-x) = Gamma.incompleteBeta( b, a, x );
*/
public static double beta(double a, double b, double x) {
return Gamma.incompleteBeta(a, b, x);
}
/**
* Returns the integral from zero to x of the gamma probability density function.
*
*
* alpha - x
* beta | alpha-1 -beta t
* y = --------- | t e dt
* - |
* | (alpha) - 0
*
* The incomplete gamma integral is used, according to the relation
*
* y = Gamma.incompleteGamma( alpha, beta*x ).
*
* See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_distribution#Probability_density_function
*
* @param alpha the shape parameter of the gamma distribution.
* @param beta the rate parameter of the gamma distribution.
* @param x integration end point.
*/
public static double gamma(double alpha, double beta, double x) {
if (x < 0.0) {
return 0.0;
}
return Gamma.incompleteGamma(alpha, beta * x);
}
/**
* Returns the sum of the terms 0 through k of the Negative Binomial Distribution.
*
* k
* -- ( n+j-1 ) n j
* > ( ) p (1-p)
* -- ( j )
* j=0
*
* In a sequence of Bernoulli trials, this is the probability that k or fewer failures precede the
* n-th success. The terms are not computed individually; instead the incomplete beta integral is
* employed, according to the formula
y = negativeBinomial( k, n, p ) = Gamma.incompleteBeta( n, k+1, p
* ).
*
* All arguments must be positive,
*
* @param k end term.
* @param n the number of trials.
* @param p the probability of success (must be in (0.0,1.0)).
*/
public static double negativeBinomial(int k, int n, double p) {
if (p < 0.0 || p > 1.0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
if (k < 0) {
return 0.0;
}
return Gamma.incompleteBeta(n, k + 1, p);
}
/**
* Returns the area under the Normal (Gaussian) probability density function, integrated from minus infinity to
* x (assumes mean is zero, variance is one).
*
* x
* -
* 1 | | 2
* normal(x) = --------- | exp( - t /2 ) dt
* sqrt(2pi) | |
* -
* -inf.
*
* = ( 1 + erf(z) ) / 2
* = erfc(z) / 2
*
* where z = x/sqrt(2). Computation is via the functions errorFunction and
* errorFunctionComplement.
*
* Computed using method 26.2.17 from Abramovitz and Stegun (see http://www.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/page_932.htm
* and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution#Numerical_approximations_of_the_normal_cdf
*/
public static double normal(double a) {
if (a < 0) {
return 1 - normal(-a);
}
double b0 = 0.2316419;
double b1 = 0.319381530;
double b2 = -0.356563782;
double b3 = 1.781477937;
double b4 = -1.821255978;
double b5 = 1.330274429;
double t = 1 / (1 + b0 * a);
return 1 - UNIT_NORMAL.pdf(a) * t * (b1 + t * (b2 + t * (b3 + t * (b4 + t * b5))));
}
/**
* Returns the area under the Normal (Gaussian) probability density function, integrated from minus infinity to
* x.
*
* x
* -
* 1 | | 2
* normal(x) = --------- | exp( - (t-mean) / 2v ) dt
* sqrt(2pi*v)| |
* -
* -inf.
*
*
* where v = variance. Computation is via the functions errorFunction.
*
* @param mean the mean of the normal distribution.
* @param variance the variance of the normal distribution.
* @param x the integration limit.
*/
public static double normal(double mean, double variance, double x) {
return normal((x - mean) / Math.sqrt(variance));
}
/**
* Returns the sum of the first k terms of the Poisson distribution.
*
* k j
* -- -m m
* > e --
* -- j!
* j=0
*
* The terms are not summed directly; instead the incomplete gamma integral is employed, according to the relation
* y = poisson( k, m ) = Gamma.incompleteGammaComplement( k+1, m ).
*
* The arguments must both be positive.
*
* @param k number of terms.
* @param mean the mean of the poisson distribution.
*/
public static double poisson(int k, double mean) {
if (mean < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
if (k < 0) {
return 0.0;
}
return Gamma.incompleteGammaComplement(k + 1, mean);
}
}