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| // normal_misc_examples.cpp
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| 
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| // Copyright Paul A. Bristow 2007, 2010.
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| 
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| // Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
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| // Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
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| // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
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| // or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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| 
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| // Example of using normal distribution.
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| 
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| // Note that this file contains Quickbook mark-up as well as code
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| // and comments, don't change any of the special comment mark-ups!
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| 
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| //[normal_basic1
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| /*`
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| First we need some includes to access the normal distribution
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| (and some std output of course).
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| */
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| 
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| #include <boost/math/distributions/normal.hpp> // for normal_distribution
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|   using boost::math::normal; // typedef provides default type is double.
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| 
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| #include <iostream>
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|   using std::cout; using std::endl; using std::left; using std::showpoint; using std::noshowpoint;
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| #include <iomanip>
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|   using std::setw; using std::setprecision;
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| #include <limits>
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|   using std::numeric_limits;
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| 
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| int main()
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| {
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|   cout << "Example: Normal distribution, Miscellaneous Applications.";
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| 
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|   try
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|   {
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|     { // Traditional tables and values.
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| /*`Let's start by printing some traditional tables.
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| */
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|       double step = 1.; // in z
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|       double range = 4; // min and max z = -range to +range.
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|       int precision = 17; // traditional tables are only computed to much lower precision.
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|       // but std::numeric_limits<double>::max_digits10; on new Standard Libraries gives
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|       // 17, the maximum number of digits that can possibly be significant.
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|       // std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10; == 15 is number of guaranteed digits,
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|       // the other two digits being 'noisy'.
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| 
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|       // Construct a standard normal distribution s
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|         normal s; // (default mean = zero, and standard deviation = unity)
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|         cout << "Standard normal distribution, mean = "<< s.mean()
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|           << ", standard deviation = " << s.standard_deviation() << endl;
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| 
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| /*` First the probability distribution function (pdf).
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| */
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|       cout << "Probability distribution function values" << endl;
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|       cout << "  z " "      pdf " << endl;
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|       cout.precision(5);
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|       for (double z = -range; z < range + step; z += step)
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|       {
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|         cout << left << setprecision(3) << setw(6) << z << " "
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|           << setprecision(precision) << setw(12) << pdf(s, z) << endl;
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|       }
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|       cout.precision(6); // default
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|       /*`And the area under the normal curve from -[infin] up to z,
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|       the cumulative distribution function (cdf).
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| */
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|       // For a standard normal distribution
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|       cout << "Standard normal mean = "<< s.mean()
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|         << ", standard deviation = " << s.standard_deviation() << endl;
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|       cout << "Integral (area under the curve) from - infinity up to z " << endl;
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|       cout << "  z " "      cdf " << endl;
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|       for (double z = -range; z < range + step; z += step)
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|       {
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|         cout << left << setprecision(3) << setw(6) << z << " "
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|           << setprecision(precision) << setw(12) << cdf(s, z) << endl;
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|       }
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|       cout.precision(6); // default
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| 
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| /*`And all this you can do with a nanoscopic amount of work compared to
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| the team of *human computers* toiling with Milton Abramovitz and Irene Stegen
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| at the US National Bureau of Standards (now [@http://www.nist.gov NIST]).
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| Starting in 1938, their "Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables",
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| was eventually published in 1964, and has been reprinted numerous times since.
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| (A major replacement is planned at [@http://dlmf.nist.gov Digital Library of Mathematical Functions]).
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| 
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| Pretty-printing a traditional 2-dimensional table is left as an exercise for the student,
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| but why bother now that the Math Toolkit lets you write
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| */
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|     double z = 2.;
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|     cout << "Area for z = " << z << " is " << cdf(s, z) << endl; // to get the area for z.
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| /*`
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| Correspondingly, we can obtain the traditional 'critical' values for significance levels.
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| For the 95% confidence level, the significance level usually called alpha,
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| is 0.05 = 1 - 0.95 (for a one-sided test), so we can write
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| */
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|      cout << "95% of area has a z below " << quantile(s, 0.95) << endl;
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|    // 95% of area has a z below 1.64485
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| /*`and a two-sided test (a comparison between two levels, rather than a one-sided test)
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| 
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| */
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|      cout << "95% of area has a z between " << quantile(s, 0.975)
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|        << " and " << -quantile(s, 0.975) << endl;
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|    // 95% of area has a z between 1.95996 and -1.95996
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| /*`
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| 
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| First, define a table of significance levels: these are the probabilities
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| that the true occurrence frequency lies outside the calculated interval.
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| 
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| It is convenient to have an alpha level for the probability that z lies outside just one standard deviation.
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| This will not be some nice neat number like 0.05, but we can easily calculate it,
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| */
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|     double alpha1 = cdf(s, -1) * 2; // 0.3173105078629142
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|     cout << setprecision(17) << "Significance level for z == 1 is " << alpha1 << endl;
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| /*`
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|     and place in our array of favorite alpha values.
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| */
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|     double alpha[] = {0.3173105078629142, // z for 1 standard deviation.
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|       0.20, 0.1, 0.05, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, 0.00001 };
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| /*`
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| 
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| Confidence value as % is (1 - alpha) * 100 (so alpha 0.05 == 95% confidence)
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| that the true occurrence frequency lies *inside* the calculated interval.
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| 
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| */
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|     cout << "level of significance (alpha)" << setprecision(4) << endl;
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|     cout << "2-sided       1 -sided          z(alpha) " << endl;
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|     for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(alpha)/sizeof(alpha[0]); ++i)
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|     {
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|       cout << setw(15) << alpha[i] << setw(15) << alpha[i] /2 << setw(10) << quantile(complement(s,  alpha[i]/2)) << endl;
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|       // Use quantile(complement(s, alpha[i]/2)) to avoid potential loss of accuracy from quantile(s,  1 - alpha[i]/2)
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|     }
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|     cout << endl;
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| 
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| /*`Notice the distinction between one-sided (also called one-tailed)
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| where we are using a > *or* < test (and not both)
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| and considering the area of the tail (integral) from z up to +[infin],
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| and a two-sided test where we are using two > *and* < tests, and thus considering two tails,
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| from -[infin] up to z low and z high up to +[infin].
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| 
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| So the 2-sided values alpha[i] are calculated using alpha[i]/2.
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| 
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| If we consider a simple example of alpha = 0.05, then for a two-sided test,
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| the lower tail area from -[infin] up to -1.96 is 0.025 (alpha/2)
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| and the upper tail area from +z up to +1.96 is also  0.025 (alpha/2),
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| and the area between -1.96 up to 12.96 is alpha = 0.95.
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| and the sum of the two tails is 0.025 + 0.025 = 0.05,
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| 
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| */
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| //] [/[normal_basic1]
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| 
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| //[normal_basic2
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| 
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| /*`Armed with the cumulative distribution function, we can easily calculate the
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| easy to remember proportion of values that lie within 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations from the mean.
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| 
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| */
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|     cout.precision(3);
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|     cout << showpoint << "cdf(s, s.standard_deviation()) = "
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|       << cdf(s, s.standard_deviation()) << endl;  // from -infinity to 1 sd
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|     cout << "cdf(complement(s, s.standard_deviation())) = "
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|       << cdf(complement(s, s.standard_deviation())) << endl;
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|     cout << "Fraction 1 standard deviation within either side of mean is "
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|       << 1 -  cdf(complement(s, s.standard_deviation())) * 2 << endl;
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|     cout << "Fraction 2 standard deviations within either side of mean is "
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|       << 1 -  cdf(complement(s, 2 * s.standard_deviation())) * 2 << endl;
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|     cout << "Fraction 3 standard deviations within either side of mean is "
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|       << 1 -  cdf(complement(s, 3 * s.standard_deviation())) * 2 << endl;
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| 
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| /*`
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| To a useful precision, the 1, 2 & 3 percentages are 68, 95 and 99.7,
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| and these are worth memorising as useful 'rules of thumb', as, for example, in
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| [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation standard deviation]:
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| 
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| [pre
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| Fraction 1 standard deviation within either side of mean is 0.683
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| Fraction 2 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.954
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| Fraction 3 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.997
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| ]
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| 
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| We could of course get some really accurate values for these
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| [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval confidence intervals]
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| by using cout.precision(15);
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| 
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| [pre
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| Fraction 1 standard deviation within either side of mean is 0.682689492137086
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| Fraction 2 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.954499736103642
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| Fraction 3 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.997300203936740
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| ]
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| 
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| But before you get too excited about this impressive precision,
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| don't forget that the *confidence intervals of the standard deviation* are surprisingly wide,
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| especially if you have estimated the standard deviation from only a few measurements.
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| */
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| //] [/[normal_basic2]
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| 
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| 
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| //[normal_bulbs_example1
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| /*`
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| Examples from K. Krishnamoorthy, Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications,
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| ISBN 1 58488 635 8, page 125... implemented using the Math Toolkit library.
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| 
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| A few very simple examples are shown here:
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| */
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| // K. Krishnamoorthy, Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications,
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|  // ISBN 1 58488 635 8, page 125, example 10.3.5
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| /*`Mean lifespan of 100 W bulbs is 1100 h with standard deviation of 100 h.
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| Assuming, perhaps with little evidence and much faith, that the distribution is normal,
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| we construct a normal distribution called /bulbs/ with these values:
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| */
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|     double mean_life = 1100.;
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|     double life_standard_deviation = 100.;
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|     normal bulbs(mean_life, life_standard_deviation);
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|     double expected_life = 1000.;
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| 
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| /*`The we can use the Cumulative distribution function to predict fractions
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| (or percentages, if * 100) that will last various lifetimes.
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| */
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|     cout << "Fraction of bulbs that will last at best (<=) " // P(X <= 1000)
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|       << expected_life << " is "<< cdf(bulbs, expected_life) << endl;
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|     cout << "Fraction of bulbs that will last at least (>) " // P(X > 1000)
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|       << expected_life << " is "<< cdf(complement(bulbs, expected_life)) << endl;
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|     double min_life = 900;
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|     double max_life = 1200;
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|     cout << "Fraction of bulbs that will last between "
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|       << min_life << " and " << max_life << " is "
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|       << cdf(bulbs, max_life)  // P(X <= 1200)
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|        - cdf(bulbs, min_life) << endl; // P(X <= 900)
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| /*`
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| [note Real-life failures are often very ab-normal,
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| with a significant number that 'dead-on-arrival' or suffer failure very early in their life:
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| the lifetime of the survivors of 'early mortality' may be well described by the normal distribution.]
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| */
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| //] [/normal_bulbs_example1 Quickbook end]
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|   }
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|   {
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|     // K. Krishnamoorthy, Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications,
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|     // ISBN 1 58488 635 8, page 125, Example 10.3.6
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| 
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| //[normal_bulbs_example3
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| /*`Weekly demand for 5 lb sacks of onions at a store is normally distributed with mean 140 sacks and standard deviation 10.
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| */
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|   double mean = 140.; // sacks per week.
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|   double standard_deviation = 10;
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|   normal sacks(mean, standard_deviation);
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| 
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|   double stock = 160.; // per week.
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|   cout << "Percentage of weeks overstocked "
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|     << cdf(sacks, stock) * 100. << endl; // P(X <=160)
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|   // Percentage of weeks overstocked 97.7
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| 
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| /*`So there will be lots of mouldy onions!
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| So we should be able to say what stock level will meet demand 95% of the weeks.
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| */
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|   double stock_95 = quantile(sacks, 0.95);
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|   cout << "Store should stock " << int(stock_95) << " sacks to meet 95% of demands." << endl;
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| /*`And it is easy to estimate how to meet 80% of demand, and waste even less.
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| */
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|   double stock_80 = quantile(sacks, 0.80);
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|   cout << "Store should stock " << int(stock_80) << " sacks to meet 8 out of 10 demands." << endl;
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| //] [/normal_bulbs_example3 Quickbook end]
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|   }
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|   { // K. Krishnamoorthy, Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications,
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|     // ISBN 1 58488 635 8, page 125, Example 10.3.7
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| 
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| //[normal_bulbs_example4
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| 
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| /*`A machine is set to pack 3 kg of ground beef per pack.
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| Over a long period of time it is found that the average packed was 3 kg
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| with a standard deviation of 0.1 kg.
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| Assuming the packing is normally distributed,
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| we can find the fraction (or %) of packages that weigh more than 3.1 kg.
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| */
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| 
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| double mean = 3.; // kg
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| double standard_deviation = 0.1; // kg
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| normal packs(mean, standard_deviation);
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| 
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| double max_weight = 3.1; // kg
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| cout << "Percentage of packs > " << max_weight << " is "
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| << cdf(complement(packs, max_weight)) << endl; // P(X > 3.1)
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| 
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| double under_weight = 2.9;
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| cout <<"fraction of packs <= " << under_weight << " with a mean of " << mean
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(packs, under_weight)) << endl;
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| // fraction of packs <= 2.9 with a mean of 3 is 0.841345
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| // This is 0.84 - more than the target 0.95
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| // Want 95% to be over this weight, so what should we set the mean weight to be?
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| // KK StatCalc says:
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| double over_mean = 3.0664;
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| normal xpacks(over_mean, standard_deviation);
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| cout << "fraction of packs >= " << under_weight
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| << " with a mean of " << xpacks.mean()
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(xpacks, under_weight)) << endl;
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| // fraction of packs >= 2.9 with a mean of 3.06449 is 0.950005
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| double under_fraction = 0.05;  // so 95% are above the minimum weight mean - sd = 2.9
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| double low_limit = standard_deviation;
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| double offset = mean - low_limit - quantile(packs, under_fraction);
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| double nominal_mean = mean + offset;
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| 
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| normal nominal_packs(nominal_mean, standard_deviation);
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| cout << "Setting the packer to " << nominal_mean << " will mean that "
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|   << "fraction of packs >= " << under_weight
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(nominal_packs, under_weight)) << endl;
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| 
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| /*`
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| Setting the packer to 3.06449 will mean that fraction of packs >= 2.9 is 0.95.
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| 
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| Setting the packer to 3.13263 will mean that fraction of packs >= 2.9 is 0.99,
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| but will more than double the mean loss from 0.0644 to 0.133.
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| 
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| Alternatively, we could invest in a better (more precise) packer with a lower standard deviation.
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| 
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| To estimate how much better (how much smaller standard deviation) it would have to be,
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| we need to get the 5% quantile to be located at the under_weight limit, 2.9
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| */
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| double p = 0.05; // wanted p th quantile.
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| cout << "Quantile of " << p << " = " << quantile(packs, p)
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|   << ", mean = " << packs.mean() << ", sd = " << packs.standard_deviation() << endl; //
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| /*`
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| Quantile of 0.05 = 2.83551, mean = 3, sd = 0.1
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| 
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| With the current packer (mean = 3, sd = 0.1), the 5% quantile is at 2.8551 kg,
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| a little below our target of 2.9 kg.
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| So we know that the standard deviation is going to have to be smaller.
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| 
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| Let's start by guessing that it (now 0.1) needs to be halved, to a standard deviation of 0.05
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| */
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| normal pack05(mean, 0.05);
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| cout << "Quantile of " << p << " = " << quantile(pack05, p)
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|   << ", mean = " << pack05.mean() << ", sd = " << pack05.standard_deviation() << endl;
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| 
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| cout <<"Fraction of packs >= " << under_weight << " with a mean of " << mean
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|   << " and standard deviation of " << pack05.standard_deviation()
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(pack05, under_weight)) << endl;
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| //
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| /*`
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| Fraction of packs >= 2.9 with a mean of 3 and standard deviation of 0.05 is 0.9772
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| 
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| So 0.05 was quite a good guess, but we are a little over the 2.9 target,
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| so the standard deviation could be a tiny bit more. So we could do some
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| more guessing to get closer, say by increasing to 0.06
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| */
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| 
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| normal pack06(mean, 0.06);
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| cout << "Quantile of " << p << " = " << quantile(pack06, p)
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|   << ", mean = " << pack06.mean() << ", sd = " << pack06.standard_deviation() << endl;
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| 
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| cout <<"Fraction of packs >= " << under_weight << " with a mean of " << mean
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|   << " and standard deviation of " << pack06.standard_deviation()
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(pack06, under_weight)) << endl;
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| /*`
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| Fraction of packs >= 2.9 with a mean of 3 and standard deviation of 0.06 is 0.9522
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| 
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| Now we are getting really close, but to do the job properly,
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| we could use root finding method, for example the tools provided, and used elsewhere,
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| in the Math Toolkit, see __root_finding_without_derivatives.
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| 
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| But in this normal distribution case, we could be even smarter and make a direct calculation.
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| */
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| 
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| normal s; // For standard normal distribution,
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| double sd = 0.1;
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| double x = 2.9; // Our required limit.
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| // then probability p = N((x - mean) / sd)
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| // So if we want to find the standard deviation that would be required to meet this limit,
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| // so that the p th quantile is located at x,
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| // in this case the 0.95 (95%) quantile at 2.9 kg pack weight, when the mean is 3 kg.
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| 
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| double prob =  pdf(s, (x - mean) / sd);
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| double qp = quantile(s, 0.95);
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| cout << "prob = " << prob << ", quantile(p) " << qp << endl; // p = 0.241971, quantile(p) 1.64485
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| // Rearranging, we can directly calculate the required standard deviation:
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| double sd95 = std::abs((x - mean)) / qp;
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| 
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| cout << "If we want the "<< p << " th quantile to be located at "
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|   << x << ", would need a standard deviation of " << sd95 << endl;
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| 
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| normal pack95(mean, sd95);  // Distribution of the 'ideal better' packer.
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| cout <<"Fraction of packs >= " << under_weight << " with a mean of " << mean
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|   << " and standard deviation of " << pack95.standard_deviation()
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|   << " is " << cdf(complement(pack95, under_weight)) << endl;
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| 
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| // Fraction of packs >= 2.9 with a mean of 3 and standard deviation of 0.0608 is 0.95
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| 
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| /*`Notice that these two deceptively simple questions
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| (do we over-fill or measure better) are actually very common.
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| The weight of beef might be replaced by a measurement of more or less anything.
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| But the calculations rely on the accuracy of the standard deviation - something
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| that is almost always less good than we might wish,
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| especially if based on a few measurements.
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| */
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| 
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| //] [/normal_bulbs_example4 Quickbook end]
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|   }
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| 
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|   { // K. Krishnamoorthy, Handbook of Statistical Distributions with Applications,
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|     // ISBN 1 58488 635 8, page 125, example 10.3.8
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| //[normal_bulbs_example5
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| /*`A bolt is usable if between 3.9 and 4.1 long.
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| From a large batch of bolts, a sample of 50 show a
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| mean length of 3.95 with standard deviation 0.1.
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| Assuming a normal distribution, what proportion is usable?
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| The true sample mean is unknown,
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| but we can use the sample mean and standard deviation to find approximate solutions.
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| */
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| 
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|     normal bolts(3.95, 0.1);
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|     double top = 4.1;
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|     double bottom = 3.9;
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| 
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| cout << "Fraction long enough [ P(X <= " << top << ") ] is " << cdf(bolts, top) << endl;
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| cout << "Fraction too short [ P(X <= " << bottom << ") ] is " << cdf(bolts, bottom) << endl;
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| cout << "Fraction OK  -between " << bottom << " and " << top
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|   << "[ P(X <= " << top  << ") - P(X<= " << bottom << " ) ] is "
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|   << cdf(bolts, top) - cdf(bolts, bottom) << endl;
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| 
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| cout << "Fraction too long [ P(X > " << top << ") ] is "
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|   << cdf(complement(bolts, top)) << endl;
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| 
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| cout << "95% of bolts are shorter than " << quantile(bolts, 0.95) << endl;
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| 
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| //] [/normal_bulbs_example5 Quickbook end]
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|   }
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|   }
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|   catch(const std::exception& e)
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|   { // Always useful to include try & catch blocks because default policies
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|     // are to throw exceptions on arguments that cause errors like underflow, overflow.
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|     // Lacking try & catch blocks, the program will abort without a message below,
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|     // which may give some helpful clues as to the cause of the exception.
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|     std::cout <<
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|       "\n""Message from thrown exception was:\n   " << e.what() << std::endl;
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|   }
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|   return 0;
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| }  // int main()
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| 
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| 
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| /*
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| 
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| Output is:
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| 
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| Autorun "i:\boost-06-05-03-1300\libs\math\test\Math_test\debug\normal_misc_examples.exe"
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| Example: Normal distribution, Miscellaneous Applications.Standard normal distribution, mean = 0, standard deviation = 1
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| Probability distribution function values
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|   z       pdf
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| -4     0.00013383022576488537
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| -3     0.0044318484119380075
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| -2     0.053990966513188063
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| -1     0.24197072451914337
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| 0      0.3989422804014327
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| 1      0.24197072451914337
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| 2      0.053990966513188063
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| 3      0.0044318484119380075
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| 4      0.00013383022576488537
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| Standard normal mean = 0, standard deviation = 1
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| Integral (area under the curve) from - infinity up to z
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|   z       cdf
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| -4     3.1671241833119979e-005
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| -3     0.0013498980316300959
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| -2     0.022750131948179219
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| -1     0.1586552539314571
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| 0      0.5
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| 1      0.84134474606854293
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| 2      0.97724986805182079
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| 3      0.9986501019683699
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| 4      0.99996832875816688
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| Area for z = 2 is 0.97725
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| 95% of area has a z below 1.64485
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| 95% of area has a z between 1.95996 and -1.95996
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| Significance level for z == 1 is 0.3173105078629142
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| level of significance (alpha)
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| 2-sided       1 -sided          z(alpha)
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| 0.3173         0.1587         1
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| 0.2            0.1            1.282
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| 0.1            0.05           1.645
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| 0.05           0.025          1.96
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| 0.01           0.005          2.576
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| 0.001          0.0005         3.291
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| 0.0001         5e-005         3.891
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| 1e-005         5e-006         4.417
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| cdf(s, s.standard_deviation()) = 0.841
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| cdf(complement(s, s.standard_deviation())) = 0.159
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| Fraction 1 standard deviation within either side of mean is 0.683
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| Fraction 2 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.954
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| Fraction 3 standard deviations within either side of mean is 0.997
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| Fraction of bulbs that will last at best (<=) 1.00e+003 is 0.159
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| Fraction of bulbs that will last at least (>) 1.00e+003 is 0.841
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| Fraction of bulbs that will last between 900. and 1.20e+003 is 0.819
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| Percentage of weeks overstocked 97.7
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| Store should stock 156 sacks to meet 95% of demands.
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| Store should stock 148 sacks to meet 8 out of 10 demands.
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| Percentage of packs > 3.10 is 0.159
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| fraction of packs <= 2.90 with a mean of 3.00 is 0.841
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| fraction of packs >= 2.90 with a mean of 3.07 is 0.952
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| Setting the packer to 3.06 will mean that fraction of packs >= 2.90 is 0.950
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| Quantile of 0.0500 = 2.84, mean = 3.00, sd = 0.100
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| Quantile of 0.0500 = 2.92, mean = 3.00, sd = 0.0500
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| Fraction of packs >= 2.90 with a mean of 3.00 and standard deviation of 0.0500 is 0.977
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| Quantile of 0.0500 = 2.90, mean = 3.00, sd = 0.0600
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| Fraction of packs >= 2.90 with a mean of 3.00 and standard deviation of 0.0600 is 0.952
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| prob = 0.242, quantile(p) 1.64
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| If we want the 0.0500 th quantile to be located at 2.90, would need a standard deviation of 0.0608
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| Fraction of packs >= 2.90 with a mean of 3.00 and standard deviation of 0.0608 is 0.950
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| Fraction long enough [ P(X <= 4.10) ] is 0.933
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| Fraction too short [ P(X <= 3.90) ] is 0.309
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| Fraction OK  -between 3.90 and 4.10[ P(X <= 4.10) - P(X<= 3.90 ) ] is 0.625
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| Fraction too long [ P(X > 4.10) ] is 0.0668
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| 95% of bolts are shorter than 4.11
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| 
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| */
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