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Standard library statistical functions.
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/**
* @license Apache-2.0
*
* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
;
// MODULES //
var constantFunction = require( '@stdlib/utils/constant-function' );
var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
var atan2 = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/atan2' );
var ln = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/ln' );
// VARIABLES //
var ONE_OVER_PI = 0.3183098861837907;
// MAIN //
/**
* Returns a function for evaluating the natural logarithm of the cumulative distribution function (logCDF) for a Cauchy distribution with location parameter `x0` and scale parameter `gamma`.
*
* @param {number} x0 - location parameter
* @param {PositiveNumber} gamma - scale parameter
* @returns {Function} logCDF
*
* @example
* var logcdf = factory( 10.0, 2.0 );
*
* var y = logcdf( 10.0 );
* // returns ~-0.693
*
* y = logcdf( 12.0 );
* // returns ~-0.288
*/
function factory( x0, gamma ) {
if (
isnan( gamma ) ||
isnan( x0 ) ||
gamma <= 0.0
) {
return constantFunction( NaN );
}
return logcdf;
/**
* Evaluates the natural logarithm of the cumulative distribution function (logCDF) for a Cauchy distribution.
*
* @private
* @param {number} x - input value
* @returns {number} evaluated logCDF
*
* @example
* var y = logcdf( 2.0 );
* // returns <number>
*/
function logcdf( x ) {
if ( isnan( x ) ) {
return NaN;
}
return ln( ( ONE_OVER_PI * atan2( x-x0, gamma ) ) + 0.5 );
}
}
// EXPORTS //
module.exports = factory;