quantile.js (2014B)
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 isInteger = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-integer' ); 24 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' ); 25 var floor = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/floor' ); 26 27 28 // MAIN // 29 30 /** 31 * Evaluates the quantile function for a discrete uniform distribution with minimum support `a` and maximum support `b` at a probability `p`. 32 * 33 * @param {Probability} p - input value 34 * @param {integer} a - minimum support 35 * @param {integer} b - maximum support 36 * @returns {integer} evaluated quantile function 37 * 38 * @example 39 * var y = quantile( 0.8, 0, 1 ); 40 * // returns 1 41 * 42 * @example 43 * var y = quantile( 0.5, 0, 10 ); 44 * // returns 5 45 * 46 * @example 47 * var y = quantile( 1.1, 0, 1 ); 48 * // returns NaN 49 * 50 * @example 51 * var y = quantile( -0.2, 0, 1 ); 52 * // returns NaN 53 * 54 * @example 55 * var y = quantile( 0.5, 1, 1.5 ); 56 * // returns NaN 57 * 58 * @example 59 * var y = quantile( NaN, 0, 1 ); 60 * // returns NaN 61 * 62 * @example 63 * var y = quantile( 0.0, NaN, 1.0 ); 64 * // returns NaN 65 * 66 * @example 67 * var y = quantile( 0.0, 0, NaN ); 68 * // returns NaN 69 * 70 * @example 71 * var y = quantile( 0.5, 2, 1 ); 72 * // returns NaN 73 */ 74 function quantile( p, a, b ) { 75 var n; 76 if ( 77 isnan( p ) || 78 isnan( a ) || 79 isnan( b ) || 80 !isInteger( a ) || 81 !isInteger( b ) || 82 a > b || 83 p < 0.0 || 84 p > 1.0 85 ) { 86 return NaN; 87 } 88 n = b - a + 1; 89 return a + floor( p * n ); 90 } 91 92 93 // EXPORTS // 94 95 module.exports = quantile;