statistics-0.10.3.1: A library of statistical types, data, and functions

Portability | portable
Stability | experimental
Maintainer | bos@serpentine.com
Safe Haskell | None

Statistics.Sample.KernelDensity

Contents

- Estimation functions
- References

Description

Kernel density estimation. This module provides a fast, robust, non-parametric way to estimate the probability density function of a sample.

This estimator does not use the commonly employed "Gaussian rule of thumb". As a result, it outperforms many plug-in methods on multimodal samples with widely separated modes.

Synopsis

- kde :: Int -> Vector Double -> (Vector Double, Vector Double)
- kde_ :: Int -> Double -> Double -> Vector Double -> (Vector Double, Vector Double)

# Estimation functions

kde

Arguments

:: Int | The number of mesh points to use in the uniform discretization of the interval `(min,max)`. If this value is not a power of two, then it is rounded up to the next power of two.
-> Vector Double |
-> (Vector Double, Vector Double) |

Gaussian kernel density estimator for one-dimensional data, using the method of Botev et al.

The result is a pair of vectors, containing:

- The coordinates of each mesh point. The mesh interval is chosen to be 20% larger than the range of the sample. (To specify the mesh interval, use `kde_`.)
- Density estimates at each mesh point.

kde_

Arguments

:: Int | The number of mesh points to use in the uniform discretization of the interval `(min,max)`. If this value is not a power of two, then it is rounded up to the next power of two.
-> Double | Lower bound (`min`) of the mesh range.
-> Double | Upper bound (`max`) of the mesh range.
-> Vector Double |
-> (Vector Double, Vector Double) |

Gaussian kernel density estimator for one-dimensional data, using the method of Botev et al.

The result is a pair of vectors, containing:

- The coordinates of each mesh point.
- Density estimates at each mesh point.

# References

Botev. Z.I., Grotowski J.F., Kroese D.P. (2010). Kernel density estimation via diffusion. Annals of Statistics 38(5):2916–2957. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1011.2602