Cumulative Distribution Function

Cauchy distribution cumulative distribution function.

The cumulative distribution function for a Cauchy random variable is

where x0 is the location parameter and gamma > 0 is the scale parameter.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-cauchy-cdf

Usage

var cdf = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-cauchy-cdf' );

cdf( x, x0, gamma )

Evaluates the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a Cauchy distribution with parameters x0 (location parameter) and gamma > 0 (scale parameter).

var y = cdf( 4.0, 0.0, 2.0 );
// returns ~0.852

y = cdf( 1.0, 0.0, 2.0 );
// returns ~0.648

y = cdf( 1.0, 3.0, 2.0 );
// returns 0.25

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

var y = cdf( NaN, 0.0, 2.0 );
// returns NaN

y = cdf( 1.0, 2.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

y = cdf( 1.0, NaN, 3.0 );
// returns NaN

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

var y = cdf( 2.0, 0.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = cdf( 2.0, 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

cdf.factory( x0, gamma )

Returns a function for evaluating the cumulative distribution function of a Cauchy distribution with parameters x0 (location parameter) and gamma > 0 (scale parameter).

var mycdf = cdf.factory( 10.0, 2.0 );

var y = mycdf( 10.0 );
// returns 0.5

y = mycdf( 12.0 );
// returns 0.75

Examples

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

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var gamma = uniform( 10, EPS, 10.0, opts );
var x0 = uniform( 10, 0.0, 10.0, opts );
var x = uniform( 10, 0.0, 10.0, opts );

logEachMap( 'x: %0.4f, x0: %0.4f, γ: %0.4f, F(x;x0,γ): %0.4f', x, x0, gamma, cdf );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/cauchy/cdf.h"

stdlib_base_dists_cauchy_cdf( x, x0, gamma )

Evaluates the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a Cauchy distribution with parameters x0 (location parameter) and gamma > 0 (scale parameter).

double out = stdlib_base_dists_cauchy_cdf( 4.0, 0.0, 2.0 );
// returns ~0.852

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: [in] double input value.
• x0: [in] double location parameter.
• gamma: [in] double scale parameter.

double stdlib_base_dists_cauchy_cdf( const double x, const double x0, const double gamma );

Examples

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/cauchy/cdf.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
    double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
    return min + ( v*(max-min) );
}

int main( void ) {
    double gamma;
    double x0;
    double y;
    double x;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
        x = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
        x0 = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
        gamma = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_dists_cauchy_cdf( x, x0, gamma );
        printf( "x: %lf, k: %lf, γ: %lf, F(x;x0,γ): %lf\n", x, x0, gamma, y );
    }
}

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