/* cdf/tdist.c * * Copyright (C) 2002 Jason H. Stover. * * 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ /* * Computes the Student's t cumulative distribution function using * the method detailed in * * W.J. Kennedy and J.E. Gentle, "Statistical Computing." 1980. * Marcel Dekker. ISBN 0-8247-6898-1. * * G.W. Hill and A.W. Davis. "Generalized asymptotic expansions * of Cornish-Fisher type." Annals of Mathematical Statistics, * vol. 39, 1264-1273. 1968. * * G.W. Hill. "Algorithm 395: Student's t-distribution," Communications * of the ACM, volume 13, number 10, page 617. October 1970. * * G.W. Hill, "Remark on algorithm 395: Student's t-distribution," * Transactions on Mathematical Software, volume 7, number 2, page * 247. June 1982. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include "beta_inc.c" static double poly_eval (const double c[], unsigned int n, double x) { unsigned int i; double y = c[0] * x; for (i = 1; i < n; i++) { y = x * (y + c[i]); } y += c[n]; return y; } /* * Use the Cornish-Fisher asymptotic expansion to find a point u such * that gsl_cdf_gauss(y) = tcdf(t). * */ static double cornish_fisher (double t, double n) { const double coeffs6[10] = { 0.265974025974025974026, 5.449696969696969696970, 122.20294372294372294372, 2354.7298701298701298701, 37625.00902597402597403, 486996.1392857142857143, 4960870.65, 37978595.55, 201505390.875, 622437908.625 }; const double coeffs5[8] = { 0.2742857142857142857142, 4.499047619047619047619, 78.45142857142857142857, 1118.710714285714285714, 12387.6, 101024.55, 559494.0, 1764959.625 }; const double coeffs4[6] = { 0.3047619047619047619048, 3.752380952380952380952, 46.67142857142857142857, 427.5, 2587.5, 8518.5 }; const double coeffs3[4] = { 0.4, 3.3, 24.0, 85.5 }; double a = n - 0.5; double b = 48.0 * a * a; double z2 = a * log1p (t * t / n); double z = sqrt (z2); double p5 = z * poly_eval (coeffs6, 9, z2); double p4 = -z * poly_eval (coeffs5, 7, z2); double p3 = z * poly_eval (coeffs4, 5, z2); double p2 = -z * poly_eval (coeffs3, 3, z2); double p1 = z * (z2 + 3.0); double p0 = z; double y = p5; y = (y / b) + p4; y = (y / b) + p3; y = (y / b) + p2; y = (y / b) + p1; y = (y / b) + p0; if (t < 0) y *= -1; return y; } #if 0 /* * Series approximation for t > 4.0. This needs to be fixed; * it shouldn't subtract the result from 1.0. A better way is * to use two different series expansions. Figuring this out * means rummaging through Fisher's paper in Metron, v5, 1926, * "Expansion of Student's integral in powers of n^{-1}." */ #define MAXI 40 static double normal_approx (const double x, const double nu) { double y; double num; double diff; double q; int i; double lg1, lg2; y = 1 / sqrt (1 + x * x / nu); num = 1.0; q = 0.0; diff = 2 * GSL_DBL_EPSILON; for (i = 2; (i < MAXI) && (diff > GSL_DBL_EPSILON); i += 2) { diff = q; num *= y * y * (i - 1) / i; q += num / (nu + i); diff = q - diff; } q += 1 / nu; lg1 = gsl_sf_lngamma (nu / 2.0); lg2 = gsl_sf_lngamma ((nu + 1.0) / 2.0); diff = lg2 - lg1; q *= pow (y, nu) * exp (diff) / sqrt (M_PI); return q; } #endif double gsl_cdf_tdist_P (const double x, const double nu) { double P; double x2 = x * x; if (nu > 30 && x2 < 10 * nu) { double u = cornish_fisher (x, nu); P = gsl_cdf_ugaussian_P (u); return P; } if (x2 < nu) { double u = x2 / nu; double eps = u / (1 + u); if (x >= 0) { P = beta_inc_AXPY (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, nu / 2.0, eps); } else { P = beta_inc_AXPY (-0.5, 0.5, 0.5, nu / 2.0, eps); } } else { double v = nu / (x * x); double eps = v / (1 + v); if (x >= 0) { P = beta_inc_AXPY (-0.5, 1.0, nu / 2.0, 0.5, eps); } else { P = beta_inc_AXPY (0.5, 0.0, nu / 2.0, 0.5, eps); } } return P; } double gsl_cdf_tdist_Q (const double x, const double nu) { double Q; double x2 = x * x; if (nu > 30 && x2 < 10 * nu) { double u = cornish_fisher (x, nu); Q = gsl_cdf_ugaussian_Q (u); return Q; } if (x2 < nu) { double u = x2 / nu; double eps = u / (1 + u); if (x >= 0) { Q = beta_inc_AXPY (-0.5, 0.5, 0.5, nu / 2.0, eps); } else { Q = beta_inc_AXPY (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, nu / 2.0, eps); } } else { double v = nu / (x * x); double eps = v / (1 + v); if (x >= 0) { Q = beta_inc_AXPY (0.5, 0.0, nu / 2.0, 0.5, eps); } else { Q = beta_inc_AXPY (-0.5, 1.0, nu / 2.0, 0.5, eps); } } return Q; }