pdf.js (1880B)
1 /** 2 * @license Apache-2.0 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 19 'use strict'; 20 21 // MODULES // 22 23 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' ); 24 var pow = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/pow' ); 25 var PI = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/pi' ); 26 27 28 // MAIN // 29 30 /** 31 * Evaluates the probability density function (PDF) for a Cauchy distribution with location parameter `x0` and scale parameter `gamma` at a value `x`. 32 * 33 * @param {number} x - input value 34 * @param {number} x0 - location parameter 35 * @param {PositiveNumber} gamma - scale parameter 36 * @returns {number} evaluated PDF 37 * 38 * @example 39 * var y = pdf( 2.0, 1.0, 1.0 ); 40 * // returns ~0.159 41 * 42 * @example 43 * var y = pdf( 4.0, 3.0, 0.1 ); 44 * // returns ~0.0315 45 * 46 * @example 47 * var y = pdf( 4.0, 3.0, 3.0 ); 48 * // returns ~0.095 49 * 50 * @example 51 * var y = pdf( NaN, 1.0, 1.0 ); 52 * // returns NaN 53 * 54 * @example 55 * var y = pdf( 2.0, NaN, 1.0 ); 56 * // returns NaN 57 * 58 * @example 59 * var y = pdf( 2.0, 1.0, NaN ); 60 * // returns NaN 61 * 62 * @example 63 * // Negative scale parameter: 64 * var y = pdf( 2.0, 1.0, -2.0 ); 65 * // returns NaN 66 */ 67 function pdf( x, x0, gamma ) { 68 var denom; 69 if ( 70 isnan( x ) || 71 isnan( gamma ) || 72 isnan( x0 ) || 73 gamma <= 0.0 74 ) { 75 return NaN; 76 } 77 denom = PI * gamma * ( 1.0 + pow( (x-x0)/gamma, 2.0 ) ); 78 return 1.0 / denom; 79 } 80 81 82 // EXPORTS // 83 84 module.exports = pdf;