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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # Mean 22 23 > [Discrete uniform][discrete-uniform-distribution] distribution [expected value][expected-value]. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 The [expected value][expected-value] for a [discrete uniform][discrete-uniform-distribution] random variable is 30 31 <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:discrete_uniform_expectation" align="center" raw="\mathbb{E}\left[ X \right] = 0.5 \cdot ( a + b )" alt="Expected value for a discrete uniform distribution."> --> 32 33 <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\mathbb{E}\left[ X \right] = 0.5 \cdot ( a + b )" data-equation="eq:discrete_uniform_expectation"> 34 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@591cf9d5c3a0cd3c1ceec961e5c49d73a68374cb/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/discrete-uniform/mean/docs/img/equation_discrete_uniform_expectation.svg" alt="Expected value for a discrete uniform distribution."> 35 <br> 36 </div> 37 38 <!-- </equation> --> 39 40 where `a` is the minimum support and `b` the maximum support of the distribution. 41 42 </section> 43 44 <!-- /.intro --> 45 46 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 47 48 <section class="usage"> 49 50 ## Usage 51 52 ```javascript 53 var mean = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/discrete-uniform/mean' ); 54 ``` 55 56 #### mean( a, b ) 57 58 Returns the [expected value][expected-value] of a [discrete uniform][discrete-uniform-distribution] distribution with parameters `a` (minimum support) and `b` (maximum support). 59 60 ```javascript 61 var v = mean( 0, 1 ); 62 // returns 0.5 63 64 v = mean( 4, 12 ); 65 // returns 8.0 66 67 v = mean( 2, 8 ); 68 // returns 5.0 69 ``` 70 71 If `a` or `b` is not an integer value, the function returns `NaN`. 72 73 ```javascript 74 var v = mean( 0.1, 2 ); 75 // returns NaN 76 77 v = mean( 0, 2.2 ); 78 // returns NaN 79 80 v = mean( NaN, 2 ); 81 // returns NaN 82 83 v = mean( 2, NaN ); 84 // returns NaN 85 ``` 86 87 If provided `a > b`, the function returns `NaN`. 88 89 ```javascript 90 var y = mean( 3, 2 ); 91 // returns NaN 92 93 y = mean( -1, -2 ); 94 // returns NaN 95 ``` 96 97 </section> 98 99 <!-- /.usage --> 100 101 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 102 103 <section class="notes"> 104 105 </section> 106 107 <!-- /.notes --> 108 109 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 110 111 <section class="examples"> 112 113 ## Examples 114 115 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 116 117 ```javascript 118 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 119 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 120 var mean = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/discrete-uniform/mean' ); 121 122 var a; 123 var b; 124 var v; 125 var i; 126 127 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 128 a = round( randu()*10.0 ); 129 b = round( ( randu()*10.0 ) + a ); 130 v = mean( a, b ); 131 console.log( 'a: %d, b: %d, E(X;a,b): %d', a.toFixed( 4 ), b.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) ); 132 } 133 ``` 134 135 </section> 136 137 <!-- /.examples --> 138 139 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 140 141 <section class="references"> 142 143 </section> 144 145 <!-- /.references --> 146 147 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 148 149 <section class="links"> 150 151 [discrete-uniform-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_uniform_distribution 152 153 [expected-value]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value 154 155 </section> 156 157 <!-- /.links -->