src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.moment;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.WeightedEvaluation;
import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.summary.Sum;

/**
 * <p>Computes the arithmetic mean of a set of values. Uses the definitional
 * formula:</p>
 * <p>
 * mean = sum(x_i) / n
 * </p>
 * <p>where <code>n</code> is the number of observations.
 * </p>
 * <p>When {@link #increment(double)} is used to add data incrementally from a
 * stream of (unstored) values, the value of the statistic that
 * {@link #getResult()} returns is computed using the following recursive
 * updating algorithm: </p>
 * <ol>
 * <li>Initialize <code>m = </code> the first value</li>
 * <li>For each additional value, update using <br>
 *   <code>m = m + (new value - m) / (number of observations)</code></li>
 * </ol>
 * <p> If {@link #evaluate(double[])} is used to compute the mean of an array
 * of stored values, a two-pass, corrected algorithm is used, starting with
 * the definitional formula computed using the array of stored values and then
 * correcting this by adding the mean deviation of the data values from the
 * arithmetic mean. See, e.g. "Comparison of Several Algorithms for Computing
 * Sample Means and Variances," Robert F. Ling, Journal of the American
 * Statistical Association, Vol. 69, No. 348 (Dec., 1974), pp. 859-866. </p>
 * <p>
 *  Returns <code>Double.NaN</code> if the dataset is empty.
 * </p>
 * <strong>Note that this implementation is not synchronized.</strong> If
 * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
 * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
 * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1006299 $ $Date: 2010-10-10 16:47:17 +0200 (dim. 10 oct. 2010) $
 */
public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
    implements Serializable, WeightedEvaluation {

    /** Serializable version identifier */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1296043746617791564L;

    /** First moment on which this statistic is based. */
    protected FirstMoment moment;

    /**
     * Determines whether or not this statistic can be incremented or cleared.
     * <p>
     * Statistics based on (constructed from) external moments cannot
     * be incremented or cleared.</p>
     */
    protected boolean incMoment;

    /** Constructs a Mean. */
    public Mean() {
        incMoment = true;
        moment = new FirstMoment();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a Mean with an External Moment.
     *
     * @param m1 the moment
     */
    public Mean(final FirstMoment m1) {
        this.moment = m1;
        incMoment = false;
    }

    /**
     * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Mean} identical
     * to the {@code original}
     *
     * @param original the {@code Mean} instance to copy
     */
    public Mean(Mean original) {
        copy(original, this);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void increment(final double d) {
        if (incMoment) {
            moment.increment(d);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void clear() {
        if (incMoment) {
            moment.clear();
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public double getResult() {
        return moment.m1;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public long getN() {
        return moment.getN();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the arithmetic mean of the entries in the specified portion of
     * the input array, or <code>Double.NaN</code> if the designated subarray
     * is empty.
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
     * <p>
     * See {@link Mean} for details on the computing algorithm.</p>
     *
     * @param values the input array
     * @param begin index of the first array element to include
     * @param length the number of elements to include
     * @return the mean of the values or Double.NaN if length = 0
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the array is null or the array index
     *  parameters are not valid
     */
    @Override
    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin, final int length) {
        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
            Sum sum = new Sum();
            double sampleSize = length;

            // Compute initial estimate using definitional formula
            double xbar = sum.evaluate(values, begin, length) / sampleSize;

            // Compute correction factor in second pass
            double correction = 0;
            for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                correction += values[i] - xbar;
            }
            return xbar + (correction/sampleSize);
        }
        return Double.NaN;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the specified portion of
     * the input array, or <code>Double.NaN</code> if the designated subarray
     * is empty.
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if either array is null.</p>
     * <p>
     * See {@link Mean} for details on the computing algorithm. The two-pass algorithm
     * described above is used here, with weights applied in computing both the original
     * estimate and the correction factor.</p>
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if any of the following are true:
     * <ul><li>the values array is null</li>
     *     <li>the weights array is null</li>
     *     <li>the weights array does not have the same length as the values array</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more infinite values</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more NaN values</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains negative values</li>
     *     <li>the start and length arguments do not determine a valid array</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param values the input array
     * @param weights the weights array
     * @param begin index of the first array element to include
     * @param length the number of elements to include
     * @return the mean of the values or Double.NaN if length = 0
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights,
                           final int begin, final int length) {
        if (test(values, weights, begin, length)) {
            Sum sum = new Sum();

            // Compute initial estimate using definitional formula
            double sumw = sum.evaluate(weights,begin,length);
            double xbarw = sum.evaluate(values, weights, begin, length) / sumw;

            // Compute correction factor in second pass
            double correction = 0;
            for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                correction += weights[i] * (values[i] - xbarw);
            }
            return xbarw + (correction/sumw);
        }
        return Double.NaN;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the input array.
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if either array is null.</p>
     * <p>
     * See {@link Mean} for details on the computing algorithm. The two-pass algorithm
     * described above is used here, with weights applied in computing both the original
     * estimate and the correction factor.</p>
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if any of the following are true:
     * <ul><li>the values array is null</li>
     *     <li>the weights array is null</li>
     *     <li>the weights array does not have the same length as the values array</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more infinite values</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more NaN values</li>
     *     <li>the weights array contains negative values</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param values the input array
     * @param weights the weights array
     * @return the mean of the values or Double.NaN if length = 0
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights) {
        return evaluate(values, weights, 0, values.length);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public Mean copy() {
        Mean result = new Mean();
        copy(this, result);
        return result;
    }


    /**
     * Copies source to dest.
     * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
     *
     * @param source Mean to copy
     * @param dest Mean to copy to
     * @throws NullPointerException if either source or dest is null
     */
    public static void copy(Mean source, Mean dest) {
        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
        dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;
        dest.moment = source.moment.copy();
    }
}