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Which java-library computes the cumulative standard normal distribution function?

For a project I have a specification with formulas, I have to implement. In these formulas a cumulative standard normal distribution function exists, that takes a float and outputs a probability. The function is symbolized by a Φ. Exists a Java-library, that computes this function?

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Mnementh Avatar asked Jan 14 '09 12:01

Mnementh


2 Answers

If you want the exact code, this one seems to be the same function used in OpenOffice Calc (I've made some changes for it to work in java):

// returns the cumulative normal distribution function (CNDF)
// for a standard normal: N(0,1)
double CNDF(double x)
{
    int neg = (x < 0d) ? 1 : 0;
    if ( neg == 1) 
        x *= -1d;

    double k = (1d / ( 1d + 0.2316419 * x));
    double y = (((( 1.330274429 * k - 1.821255978) * k + 1.781477937) *
                   k - 0.356563782) * k + 0.319381530) * k;
    y = 1.0 - 0.398942280401 * Math.exp(-0.5 * x * x) * y;

    return (1d - neg) * y + neg * (1d - y);
}

Found it here: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/2622967/Re-NORMSDIST-function.aspx

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Erk Avatar answered Oct 22 '22 13:10

Erk


Apache Commons - Math has what you are looking for.

More specifically, check out the NormalDistribution class.

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Yuval Adam Avatar answered Oct 22 '22 13:10

Yuval Adam