/* cdf/binomial.c * * Copyright (C) 2004 Jason H. Stover. * Copyright (C) 2004 Giulio Bottazzi * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include "error.h" /* Computes the cumulative distribution function for a binomial random variable. For a binomial random variable X with n trials and success probability p, Pr( X <= k ) = Pr( Y >= p ) where Y is a beta random variable with parameters k+1 and n-k. The binomial distribution has the form, prob(k) = n!/(k!(n-k)!) * p^k (1-p)^(n-k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n The cumulated distributions can be expressed in terms of normalized incomplete beta functions (see Abramowitz & Stegun eq. 26.5.26 and eq. 6.6.3). Reference: W. Feller, "An Introduction to Probability and Its Applications," volume 1. Wiley, 1968. Exercise 45, page 173, chapter 6. */ #include #include #include #include #include double gsl_cdf_binomial_P (const unsigned int k, const double p, const unsigned int n) { double P; double a; double b; if (p > 1.0 || p < 0.0) { CDF_ERROR ("p < 0 or p > 1", GSL_EDOM); } if (k >= n) { P = 1.0; } else { a = (double) k + 1.0; b = (double) n - k; P = gsl_cdf_beta_Q (p, a, b); } return P; } double gsl_cdf_binomial_Q (const unsigned int k, const double p, const unsigned int n) { double Q; double a; double b; if (p > 1.0 || p < 0.0) { CDF_ERROR ("p < 0 or p > 1", GSL_EDOM); } if (k >= n) { Q = 0.0; } else { a = (double) k + 1.0; b = (double) n - k; Q = gsl_cdf_beta_P (p, a, b); } return Q; }