Median

Lévy distribution median.

The median for a Lévy random variable with location μ and scale c > 0 is

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-levy-median

Usage

var median = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-levy-median' );

median( mu, c )

Returns the median for a Lévy distribution with location parameter mu and scale parameter c.

var y = median( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~4.198

y = median( 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~2.198

y = median( -2.0, 4.0 );
// returns ~6.792

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

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

y = median( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

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

var y = median( 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

y = median( 0.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var median = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-levy-median' );

var mu;
var c;
var y;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    mu = ( randu()*10.0 ) - 5.0;
    c = randu() * 20.0;
    y = median( mu, c );
    console.log( 'µ: %d, c: %d, Median(X;µ,c): %d', mu.toFixed( 4 ), c.toFixed( 4 ), y.toFixed( 4 ) );
}

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/levy/median.h"

stdlib_base_dists_levy_median( mu, c )

Returns the median for a Lévy distribution with location parameter mu and scale parameter c.

double out = stdlib_base_dists_levy_median( 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~2.198

The function accepts the following arguments:

• mu: [in] double location parameter.
• c: [in] double scale parameter.

double stdlib_base_dists_levy_median( const double mu, const double c );

Examples

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/levy/median.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 mu;
    double c;
    double y;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
        mu = random_uniform( -5.0, 5.0 );
        c = random_uniform( 0.0, 20.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_dists_levy_median( mu, c );
        printf( "µ: %lf, c: %lf, Median(X;µ,c): %lf\n", mu, c, y );
    }
}

Notice

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