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| <a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist"></a><a class="link" href="normal_dist.html" title="Normal (Gaussian) Distribution">Normal (Gaussian) |
| Distribution</a> |
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">distributions</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">normal</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></pre> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> |
| <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../../policy.html" title="Chapter 14. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a> <span class="special">=</span> <a class="link" href="../../pol_ref/pol_ref_ref.html" title="Policy Class Reference">policies::policy<></a> <span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">normal_distribution</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">normal_distribution</span><span class="special"><></span> <span class="identifier">normal</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../../policy.html" title="Chapter 14. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">></span> |
| <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">normal_distribution</span> |
| <span class="special">{</span> |
| <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> |
| <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">Policy</span> <span class="identifier">policy_type</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Construct:</span> |
| <span class="identifier">normal_distribution</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">mean</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">sd</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Accessors:</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">mean</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// location.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">standard_deviation</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// scale.</span> |
| <span class="comment">// Synonyms, provided to allow generic use of find_location and find_scale.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">location</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">scale</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="special">};</span> |
| |
| <span class="special">}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The normal distribution is probably the most well known statistical distribution: |
| it is also known as the Gaussian Distribution. A normal distribution with |
| mean zero and standard deviation one is known as the <span class="emphasis"><em>Standard |
| Normal Distribution</em></span>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Given mean μ  and standard deviation σ  it has the PDF: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
|   <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../equations/normal_ref1.svg"></span> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The variation the PDF with its parameters is illustrated in the following |
| graph: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/normal_pdf.svg" align="middle"></span> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The cumulative distribution function is given by |
| </p> |
| <p> |
|   <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../equations/normal_cdf.svg"></span> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and illustrated by this graph |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/normal_cdf.svg" align="middle"></span> |
| </p> |
| <h5> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.h0"></a> |
| <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.member_functions"></a></span><a class="link" href="normal_dist.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.member_functions">Member |
| Functions</a> |
| </h5> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">normal_distribution</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">mean</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">sd</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Constructs a normal distribution with mean <span class="emphasis"><em>mean</em></span> and |
| standard deviation <span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Requires sd > 0, otherwise <a class="link" href="../../error_handling.html#math_toolkit.error_handling.domain_error">domain_error</a> |
| is called. |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">mean</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">location</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| both return the <span class="emphasis"><em>mean</em></span> of this distribution. |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">standard_deviation</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">scale</span><span class="special">()</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| both return the <span class="emphasis"><em>standard deviation</em></span> of this distribution. |
| (Redundant location and scale function are provided to match other similar |
| distributions, allowing the functions find_location and find_scale to be |
| used generically). |
| </p> |
| <h5> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.h1"></a> |
| <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.non_member_accessors"></a></span><a class="link" href="normal_dist.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.non_member_accessors">Non-member |
| Accessors</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| All the <a class="link" href="../nmp.html" title="Non-Member Properties">usual non-member accessor |
| functions</a> that are generic to all distributions are supported: |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.cdf">Cumulative Distribution Function</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.pdf">Probability Density Function</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.quantile">Quantile</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.hazard">Hazard Function</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.chf">Cumulative Hazard Function</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.mean">mean</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.median">median</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.mode">mode</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.variance">variance</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.sd">standard deviation</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.skewness">skewness</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.kurtosis">kurtosis</a>, <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.kurtosis_excess">kurtosis_excess</a>, |
| <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.range">range</a> and <a class="link" href="../nmp.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.nmp.support">support</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The domain of the random variable is [-[max_value], +[min_value]]. However, |
| the pdf of +∞ and -∞ = 0 is also supported, and cdf at -∞ = 0, cdf at +∞ = 1, and |
| complement cdf -∞ = 1 and +∞ = 0, if RealType permits. |
| </p> |
| <h5> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.h2"></a> |
| <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.accuracy"></a></span><a class="link" href="normal_dist.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.accuracy">Accuracy</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| The normal distribution is implemented in terms of the <a class="link" href="../../sf_erf/error_function.html" title="Error Functions">error |
| function</a>, and as such should have very low error rates. |
| </p> |
| <h5> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.h3"></a> |
| <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.implementation"></a></span><a class="link" href="normal_dist.html#math_toolkit.dist_ref.dists.normal_dist.implementation">Implementation</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| In the following table <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> is the mean of the distribution, |
| and <span class="emphasis"><em>s</em></span> is its standard deviation. |
| </p> |
| <div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> |
| <colgroup> |
| <col> |
| <col> |
| </colgroup> |
| <thead><tr> |
| <th> |
| <p> |
| Function |
| </p> |
| </th> |
| <th> |
| <p> |
| Implementation Notes |
| </p> |
| </th> |
| </tr></thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| pdf |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| Using the relation: pdf = e<sup>-(x-m)<sup>2</sup>/(2s<sup>2</sup>)</sup> / (s * sqrt(2*pi)) |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| cdf |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| Using the relation: p = 0.5 * <a class="link" href="../../sf_erf/error_function.html" title="Error Functions">erfc</a>(-(x-m)/(s*sqrt(2))) |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| cdf complement |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| Using the relation: q = 0.5 * <a class="link" href="../../sf_erf/error_function.html" title="Error Functions">erfc</a>((x-m)/(s*sqrt(2))) |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| quantile |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| Using the relation: x = m - s * sqrt(2) * <a class="link" href="../../sf_erf/error_inv.html" title="Error Function Inverses">erfc_inv</a>(2*p) |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| quantile from the complement |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| Using the relation: x = m + s * sqrt(2) * <a class="link" href="../../sf_erf/error_inv.html" title="Error Function Inverses">erfc_inv</a>(2*p) |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| mean and standard deviation |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| The same as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">dist</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">mean</span><span class="special">()</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">dist</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">standard_deviation</span><span class="special">()</span></code> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| mode |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| The same as the mean. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| median |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| The same as the mean. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| skewness |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| 0 |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| kurtosis |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| 3 |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| kurtosis excess |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| 0 |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table></div> |
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