source: branches/ALPS/HeuristicLab.Analysis/3.3/Statistics/NormalDistribution.cs @ 11677

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Common;

namespace HeuristicLab.Analysis.Statistics {
  public static class NormalDistribution {
    public static double[] Density(double[] x, double mean, double stdDev) {
      double[] result = new double[x.Length];

      for (int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++) {
        result[i] = (1.0 / (stdDev * Math.Sqrt(2.0 * Math.PI))) *
                    Math.Exp(-((Math.Pow(x[i] - mean, 2.0)) /
                               (2.0 * Math.Pow(stdDev, 2.0))));
      }

      return result;
    }

    // based on the idea from http://www.statmethods.net/graphs/density.html
    public static List<Tuple<double, double>> Density(double[] x, int nrOfPoints, double stepWidth) {
      double[] newX = new double[nrOfPoints];
      double mean = x.Average();
      double stdDev = x.StandardDeviation();
      double margin = stepWidth * 2;

      double dataMin = x.Min() - margin;
      double dataMax = x.Max() + margin;
      double diff = (dataMax - dataMin) / nrOfPoints;
      double cur = dataMin;
      newX[0] = cur;
      for (int i = 1; i < nrOfPoints; i++) {
        cur += diff;
        newX[i] = cur;
      }

      var y = Density(newX, mean, stdDev).Select(k => k * stepWidth * x.Length).ToList();

      var points = new List<Tuple<double, double>>();
      for (int i = 0; i < newX.Length; i++) {
        points.Add(new Tuple<double, double>(newX[i], y[i]));
      }

      return points;
    }
  }
}