mgf.js (2036B)
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 isNonNegativeInteger = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nonnegative-integer' ); 24 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' ); 25 var pow = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/pow' ); 26 27 28 // MAIN // 29 30 /** 31 * Evaluates the moment-generating function (MGF) for an Erlang distribution with shape parameter `k` and rate parameter `lambda` at a value `t`. 32 * 33 * @param {number} t - input value 34 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} k - shape parameter 35 * @param {PositiveNumber} lambda - rate parameter 36 * @returns {number} evaluated MGF 37 * 38 * @example 39 * var y = mgf( 0.3, 1, 1.0 ); 40 * // returns ~1.429 41 * 42 * @example 43 * var y = mgf( 2.0, 2, 3.0 ); 44 * // returns ~9.0 45 * 46 * @example 47 * var y = mgf( -1.0, 2, 2.0 ); 48 * // returns ~0.444 49 * 50 * @example 51 * var y = mgf( NaN, 1, 1.0 ); 52 * // returns NaN 53 * 54 * @example 55 * var y = mgf( 0.0, NaN, 1.0 ); 56 * // returns NaN 57 * 58 * @example 59 * var y = mgf( 0.0, 1, NaN ); 60 * // returns NaN 61 * 62 * @example 63 * var y = mgf( 0.2, -2, 0.5 ); 64 * // returns NaN 65 * 66 * @example 67 * var y = mgf( 0.2, 0.5, 0.5 ); 68 * // returns NaN 69 * 70 * @example 71 * var y = mgf( 0.2, 1, 0.0 ); 72 * // returns NaN 73 * 74 * @example 75 * var y = mgf( 0.2, 1, -5.0 ); 76 * // returns NaN 77 */ 78 function mgf( t, k, lambda ) { 79 if ( 80 isnan( t ) || 81 !isNonNegativeInteger( k ) || 82 isnan( lambda )|| 83 lambda < 0.0 || 84 t >= lambda 85 ) { 86 return NaN; 87 } 88 return pow( 1.0 - (t/lambda), -k ); 89 } 90 91 92 // EXPORTS // 93 94 module.exports = mgf;