Quantile Function

Beta distribution quantile function.

The quantile function for a beta random variable is

for 0 <= p <= 1, where α > 0 is the first shape parameter and β > 0 is the second shape parameter and F(x;α,β) denotes the cumulative distribution function of a beta random variable with parameters α and β.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-beta-quantile

Usage

var quantile = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-beta-quantile' );

quantile( p, alpha, beta )

Evaluates the quantile function for a beta distribution with parameters alpha (first shape parameter) and beta (second shape parameter).

var y = quantile( 0.8, 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~0.894

y = quantile( 0.5, 4.0, 2.0 );
// returns ~0.686

If provided a probability p outside the interval [0,1], the function returns NaN.

var y = quantile( 1.9, 1.0, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = quantile( -0.1, 1.0, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var y = quantile( NaN, 1.0, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = quantile( 0.5, NaN, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = quantile( 0.5, 1.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided alpha <= 0, the function returns NaN.

var y = quantile( 0.4, -1.0, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = quantile( 0.4, 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

If provided beta <= 0, the function returns NaN.

var y = quantile( 0.4, 1.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = quantile( 0.4, 1.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

quantile.factory( alpha, beta )

Returns a function for evaluating the quantile function of a beta distribution with parameters alpha (first shape parameter) and beta (second shape parameter).

var myquantile = quantile.factory( 2.0, 2.0 );

var y = myquantile( 0.8 );
// returns ~0.713

y = myquantile( 0.4 );
// returns ~0.433

Examples

var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-eps' );
var quantile = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-beta-quantile' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var alpha = uniform( 10, EPS, 5.0, opts );
var beta = uniform( 10, EPS, 5.0, opts );
var p = uniform( 10, 0.0, 1.0, opts );

logEachMap( 'p: %0.4f, α: %0.4f, β: %0.4f, Q(p;α,β): %0.4f', p, alpha, beta, quantile );

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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