incrmmidrange

Compute a moving mid-range incrementally.

The mid-range, or mid-extreme, is the arithmetic mean of maximum and minimum values. Accordingly, the mid-range is the midpoint of the range and a measure of central tendency.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-incr-mmidrange

Usage

var incrmmidrange = require( '@stdlib/stats-incr-mmidrange' );

incrmmidrange( window )

Returns an accumulator function which incrementally computes a moving mid-range. The window parameter defines the number of values over which to compute the moving mid-range.

var accumulator = incrmmidrange( 3 );

accumulator( [x] )

If provided an input value x, the accumulator function returns an updated mid-range. If not provided an input value x, the accumulator function returns the current mid-range.

var accumulator = incrmmidrange( 3 );

var mr = accumulator();
// returns null

// Fill the window...
mr = accumulator( 2.0 ); // [2.0]
// returns 2.0

mr = accumulator( 1.0 ); // [2.0, 1.0]
// returns 1.5

mr = accumulator( 3.0 ); // [2.0, 1.0, 3.0]
// returns 2.0

// Window begins sliding...
mr = accumulator( -7.0 ); // [1.0, 3.0, -7.0]
// returns -2.0

mr = accumulator( -5.0 ); // [3.0, -7.0, -5.0]
// returns -2.0

mr = accumulator();
// returns -2.0

Notes

• Input values are not type checked. If provided NaN, the accumulated value is NaN for at least W-1 future invocations. If non-numeric inputs are possible, you are advised to type check and handle accordingly before passing the value to the accumulator function.
• As W values are needed to fill the window buffer, the first W-1 returned values are calculated from smaller sample sizes. Until the window is full, each returned value is calculated from all provided values.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var incrmmidrange = require( '@stdlib/stats-incr-mmidrange' );

var accumulator;
var v;
var i;

// Initialize an accumulator:
accumulator = incrmmidrange( 5 );

// For each simulated datum, update the moving mid-range...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    v = randu() * 100.0;
    accumulator( v );
}
console.log( accumulator() );

See Also

• @stdlib/stats-incr/mmean: compute a moving arithmetic mean incrementally.
• @stdlib/stats-incr/mmax: compute a moving maximum incrementally.
• @stdlib/stats-incr/mmin: compute a moving minimum incrementally.
• @stdlib/stats-incr/mrange: compute a moving range incrementally.

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.

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