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Distfun

Distribution functions
(6015 downloads for this version - 109141 downloads for all versions)
Details
Version
0.9
A more recent valid version exists: 1.1.1
Authors
Michael Baudin
Prateek Papriwal
Pierre Lecuyer
Luc Devroye
Jean-Philippe Chancelier
Michael A. Malcolm
Cleve B. Moler
George Marsaglia
Arif Zaman
Barry W. Brown
James Lovato
Kathy Russell
Makoto Matsumoto
Takuji Nishimura
Bruno Pincon
Richard Brent
John Burkardt
Owner Organization
INRIA, DIGITEO and others
Maintainers
prateek papriwal
Michael BAUDIN
License
Dependencies
Creation Date
November 9, 2014
Source created on
Scilab 5.4.x
Binaries available on
Scilab 5.4.x:
Linux 32-bit Windows 32-bit Windows 64-bit macOS Linux 64-bit
Install command
--> atomsInstall("distfun")
Description
            The goal of this toolbox is to provide accurate distribution functions. 
The provided functions are designed to be compatible with Matlab.

The goals of this toolbox are the following.
 * All functions are tested with tables (actually, csv datasets).
   The tests includes accuracy tests, so that the accuracy 
   should by from 13 to 15 significant digits in most cases.
 * For each distribution, we have 
   * the probability distribution function (PDF)
   * the cumulated distribution function (CDF)
   * the inverse CDF
   * the random number generator
   * the statistics (mean and variance)
 * The CDF provides the upper and the lower tail of the 
   distribution, for accuracy reasons. 
 * The uniform random numbers are of high quality.
   The default is to use the Mersenne-Twister generator.   
 * Each function has a consistent help page.
   This removes confusions in the meaning 
   of the parameters and clarifies the differences 
   with other computing languages (e.g. R).
   
The design is similar to Matlab's distribution functions. 
A significant difference with Matlab's function is that both 
the upper and lower tails are available in "distfun", while 
Matlab only provides the lower tail. 
Hence, "distfun" should provide a better accuracy when 
probabilities close to 1 are computed (e.g. p=0.9999). 

There are many interesting, positive, differences with Scilab, Stixbox, or other
tools. For a full set of motivations, please read :

http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/distfun/
   
Features
--------

For each distribution x, we provide five functions :
 * distfun_xcdf : x CDF
 * distfun_xinv : x Inverse CDF
 * distfun_xpdf : x PDF
 * distfun_xrnd : x random numbers
 * distfun_xstat : x mean and variance

Distributions available :
 * Beta (with x=beta)
 * Binomial (with x=bino)
 * Chi-Squared (with x=chi2)
 * Extreme Value (with x=ev)
 * Exponential (with x=exp)
 * F (with x=f)
 * Gamma (with x=gam)
 * Geometric (with x=geo)
 * Hypergeometric (with x=hyge)
 * Kolmogorov-Smirnov (with x=ks)
 * LogNormal (with x=logn)
 * LogUniform (with x=logu)
 * Multinomial (with x=mn)
 * Multivariate Normal (with x=mvn)
 * Negative Binomial (with x=nbin)
 * Noncentral F (with x=ncf)
 * Noncentral T (with x=nct)
 * Noncentral Chi-Squared (with x=ncx2)
 * Normal (with x=norm)
 * Poisson (with x=poi)
 * T (with x=t)
 * Truncated Normal (with x=tnorm)
 * Uniform Discrete (with x=unid)
 * Uniform (with x=unif)
 * Weibull (with x=wbl)

Tutorial
 * dispfun_tutorial : A tutorial of the Distfun toolbox.
 * dispfun_plots : A collection of distribution function plots.

Support
 * distfun_betainc : Regularized Incomplete Beta function
 * distfun_erfcinv : Inverse erfc function
 * distfun_gammainc : Regularized incomplete Gamma function
 * distfun_genericpdf : Compute the PDF from the CDF.
 * distfun_getpath : Returns path of current module
 * distfun_inthisto : Discrete histogram
 * distfun_permrnd : Random permutation
 * distfun_plotintcdf :  Plots an integer CDF
 * distfun_verboseset : Set verbose mode.

Weibull fitting
 * distfun_wblfit : Weibull parameter estimates
 * distfun_wblfitmm : Weibull parameter estimates with method of moments
 * distfun_wbllike : Weibull negative log-likelihood
 * distfun_wblplot : Weibull plot

Other fitting functions
 * distfun_uniffitmm : Uniform parameter estimates with method of moments
 * distfun_betafitmm : Beta parameter estimates with method of moments
 * distfun_gamfitmm : Gamma parameter estimates with method of moments

Random Number Generator
 * rng_overview : An overview of the Random Number Generators of the Distfun
toolbox.
 * distfun_genget : Get the current random number generator
 * distfun_genset : Set the current random number generator
 * distfun_seedget : Get the current state of the current random number
generator
 * distfun_seedset : Set the current state of the current random number
generator
 * distfun_streamget : Get the current stream
 * distfun_streaminit : Initializes the current stream
 * distfun_streamset : Set the current stream            
Files (6)
[1.66 MB]
Source code archive

[1.64 MB]
Linux 32-bit binary for Scilab 5.4.x
Linux 32-bit
Automatically generated by the ATOMS compilation chain

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Windows 32-bit binary for Scilab 5.4.x
Windows 32-bit
Automatically generated by the ATOMS compilation chain

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Windows 64-bit binary for Scilab 5.4.x
Windows 64-bit
Automatically generated by the ATOMS compilation chain

[1.58 MB]
macOS binary for Scilab 5.4.x
MacOSX version
Automatically generated by the ATOMS compilation chain

[1.66 MB]
Linux 64-bit binary for Scilab 5.4.x
Linux 64-bit
Automatically generated by the ATOMS compilation chain

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Comment from Michael BAUDIN -- November 9, 2014, 06:39:48 PM    
Here the changelog for v0.9 :

  * Created a Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution :
      * distfun_ksrnd 
      * distfun_ksstat
      * distfun_kscdf
      * distfun_kspdf
      * distfun_ksinv

  * Fixed the rnd functions when large output is required.
    A clear error message is now produced.
    http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/distfun/issues/1419

  * Added Box-Muller random generation demo.
  * Added Metropolis-Hastings demo.
  * Added Rejection algorithm demo.
  * Added Weibull fit functions :
      * distfun_wblfit : Weibull parameter estimates
      * distfun_wblfitmm : Weibull parameter estimates with 
        method of moments
      * distfun_wbllike : Weibull negative log-likelihood
      * distfun_wblplot : Weibull plot
  * Added distfun_betafitmm : Beta parameter estimates 
    with the method of moments
  * Added distfun_gamfitmm : Gamma parameter estimates 
    with the method of moments
  * Added distfun_uniffitmm : Uniform parameter estimates 
    with the method of moments
  * Added distfun_binofitmm : Binomial parameter estimates 
    with the method of moments
  * Fixed help page of the Extreme Value (Gumbel) distribution.
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