MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal Class Reference

Normal distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution. More...

Inheritance diagram for MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal:

Collaboration diagram for MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal:

Public Member Functions
	__construct (float $μ, float $σ)
	Normal constructor. More...
	pdf (float $x)
	Probability density function. More...
	cdf (float $x)
	Cumulative distribution function Probability of being below X. More...
	inverse (float $p)
	Inverse CDF (quantile) More...
	mean ()
	Mean of the distribution. More...
	median ()
	Median of the distribution. More...
	mode ()
	Mode of the distribution. More...
	variance ()
	Variance of the distribution. More...
	rand ()
	Random number - Box–Muller transform. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Continuous
	inverse (float $target)
	The Inverse CDF of the distribution. More...
	between (float $x₁, float $x₂)
	CDF between - probability of being between two points, x₁ and x₂ The area under a continuous distribution, that lies between two specified points. More...
	outside (float $x₁, float $x₂)
	CDF outside - Probability of being below x₁ and above x₂. More...
	above (float $x)
	CDF above - Probability of being above x to ∞ Area under a continuous distribution, that lies above a specified point. More...
	rand ()
	Produce a random number with a particular distribution. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Distribution
	__construct (... $params)
	Constructor. More...

Public Attributes
const	PARAMETER_LIMITS
const	SUPPORT_LIMITS
Public Attributes inherited from MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Continuous
const	GUESS_THRESHOLD = 10
const	GUESS_ALLOWANCE = 8

Protected Attributes
	$μ
	$σ

Detailed Description

Normal distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::__construct	(	float	$μ,
		float	$σ
	)

Normal constructor.

Parameters

float	$μ
float	$σ

Member Function Documentation

cdf()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::cdf

(

float

$x

)

Cumulative distribution function Probability of being below X.

Area under the normal distribution from -∞ to X. _ _ 1 | / x - μ \ | cdf(x) = - | 1 + erf| --— | | 2 |_ \ σ√2 / _|

Parameters

float

$x

upper bound

Returns

float cdf(x) below

Implements MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\ContinuousDistribution.

inverse()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::inverse

(

float

$p

)

Inverse CDF (quantile)

Parameters

float

$p

Returns

float

mean()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::mean

(

)

Mean of the distribution.

μ = μ

Returns

float

Implements MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\ContinuousDistribution.

median()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::median

(

)

Median of the distribution.

median = μ

Returns

float

mode()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::mode

(

)

Mode of the distribution.

mode = μ

Returns

float

pdf()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::pdf

(

float

$x

)

Probability density function.

1 f(x|μ,σ) = --— ℯ^−⟮x − μ⟯²∕2σ² σ√⟮2π⟯

Parameters

float

$x

random variable

Returns

float f(x|μ,σ)

Implements MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\ContinuousDistribution.

rand()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::rand

(

)

Random number - Box–Muller transform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box%E2%80%93Muller_transform

variance()

MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::variance

(

)

Variance of the distribution.

var[X] = σ²

Returns

float

Member Data Documentation

PARAMETER_LIMITS

const MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::PARAMETER_LIMITS

Initial value:

= [
        'μ' => '(-∞,∞)'

SUPPORT_LIMITS

const MathPHP\Probability\Distribution\Continuous\Normal::SUPPORT_LIMITS

Initial value:

= [
        'x' => '(-∞,∞)'

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/Probability/Distribution/Continuous/Normal.php