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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 > [Erlang][erlang-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 [mean][expected-value] for an [Erlang][erlang-distribution] random variable is 30 31 <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:erlang_mean" align="center" raw="\mathbb{E} \left[ X \right] = \frac{k}{\lambda}" alt="Mean for an Erlang distribution."> --> 32 33 <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\mathbb{E} \left[ X \right] = \frac{k}{\lambda}" data-equation="eq:erlang_mean"> 34 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@51534079fef45e990850102147e8945fb023d1d0/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/erlang/mean/docs/img/equation_erlang_mean.svg" alt="Mean for an Erlang distribution."> 35 <br> 36 </div> 37 38 <!-- </equation> --> 39 40 where `k` is the shape parameter and `λ` is the rate parameter. 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/erlang/mean' ); 54 ``` 55 56 #### mean( k, lambda ) 57 58 Returns the [expected value][expected-value] of an [Erlang][erlang-distribution] distribution with parameters `k` (shape parameter) and `lambda` (rate parameter). 59 60 ```javascript 61 var v = mean( 1, 1.0 ); 62 // returns 1.0 63 64 v = mean( 4, 12.0 ); 65 // returns ~0.333 66 67 v = mean( 8, 2.0 ); 68 // returns 4.0 69 ``` 70 71 If provided `NaN` as any argument, the function returns `NaN`. 72 73 ```javascript 74 var v = mean( NaN, 2.0 ); 75 // returns NaN 76 77 v = mean( 2.0, NaN ); 78 // returns NaN 79 ``` 80 81 If not provided a positive integer for `k`, the function returns `NaN`. 82 83 ```javascript 84 var v = mean( 1.8, 1.0 ); 85 // returns NaN 86 87 v = mean( -1.0, 1.0 ); 88 // returns NaN 89 ``` 90 91 If provided `lambda <= 0`, the function returns `NaN`. 92 93 ```javascript 94 var v = mean( 2, 0.0 ); 95 // returns NaN 96 97 v = mean( 2, -1.0 ); 98 // returns NaN 99 ``` 100 101 </section> 102 103 <!-- /.usage --> 104 105 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 106 107 <section class="notes"> 108 109 </section> 110 111 <!-- /.notes --> 112 113 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 114 115 <section class="examples"> 116 117 ## Examples 118 119 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 120 121 ```javascript 122 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 123 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 124 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' ); 125 var mean = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/erlang/mean' ); 126 127 var lambda; 128 var k; 129 var v; 130 var i; 131 132 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 133 k = round( randu()*10.0 ); 134 lambda = ( randu()*10.0 ) + EPS; 135 v = mean( k, lambda ); 136 console.log( 'k: %d, λ: %d, E(X;k,λ): %d', k.toFixed( 4 ), lambda.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) ); 137 } 138 ``` 139 140 </section> 141 142 <!-- /.examples --> 143 144 <!-- 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. --> 145 146 <section class="references"> 147 148 </section> 149 150 <!-- /.references --> 151 152 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 153 154 <section class="links"> 155 156 [erlang-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_distribution 157 158 [expected-value]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value 159 160 </section> 161 162 <!-- /.links -->