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@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-logpmf

v0.2.2

Published

Geometric distribution logarithm of probability mass function (PMF).

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Logarithm of Probability Mass Function

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Geometric distribution logarithm of probability mass function (PMF).

The probability mass function (PMF) for a geometric random variable is defined as

where 0 <= p <= 1 is the success probability. The random variable X denotes the number of failures until the first success in a sequence of independent Bernoulli trials.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-logpmf

Usage

var logpmf = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-logpmf' );

logpmf( x, p )

Evaluates the logarithm of the probability mass function (PMF) of a geometric distribution with success probability 0 <= p <= 1.

var y = logpmf( 4.0, 0.3 );
// returns ~-2.631

y = logpmf( 2.0, 0.7 );
// returns ~-2.765

y = logpmf( -1.0, 0.5 );
// returns -Infinity

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var y = logpmf( NaN, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

y = logpmf( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided a success probability p outside of the interval [0,1], the function returns NaN.

var y = logpmf( 2.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = logpmf( 2.0, 1.5 );
// returns NaN

logpmf.factory( p )

Returns a function for evaluating the logarithm of the probability mass function (PMF) of a geometric distribution with success probability 0 <= p <= 1.

var mylogpmf = logpmf.factory( 0.5 );
var y = mylogpmf( 3.0 );
// returns ~-2.773

y = mylogpmf( 1.0 );
// returns ~-1.386

Notes

  • In virtually all cases, using the logpmf or logcdf functions is preferable to manually computing the logarithm of the pmf or cdf, respectively, since the latter is prone to overflow and underflow.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var round = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-round' );
var logpmf = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-logpmf' );

var p;
var x;
var y;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    x = round( randu() * 5.0 );
    p = randu();
    y = logpmf( x, p );
    console.log( 'x: %d, p: %d, ln( P( X = x; p ) ): %d', x, p.toFixed( 4 ), y.toFixed( 4 ) );
}

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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