source: branches/DataAnalysis/HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis/3.3/Evaluators/OnlineMeanAndVarianceCalculator.cs @ 4501

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using System;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis.Evaluators {
  public class OnlineMeanAndVarianceCalculator {

    private double m_oldM, m_newM, m_oldS, m_newS;
    private int n;

    public double Variance {
      get {
        return (n > 1) ? m_newS / (n - 1) : 0.0;
      }
    }

    public double PopulationVariance {
      get {
        return (n > 0) ? m_newS / n : 0.0;
      }
    }

    public double Mean {
      get {
        return (n > 0) ? m_newM : 0.0;
      }
    }

    public int Count {
      get { return n; }
    }

    public OnlineMeanAndVarianceCalculator() {
      Reset();
    }

    public void Reset() {
      n = 0;
    }

    public void Add(double x) {
      if (double.IsNaN(x) || double.IsInfinity(x)) {
        throw new ArgumentException("Mean and variance are not defined for NaN or infinity elements");
      } else {
        n++;
        // See Knuth TAOCP vol 2, 3rd edition, page 232
        if (n == 1) {
          m_oldM = m_newM = x;
          m_oldS = 0.0;
        } else {
          m_newM = m_oldM + (x - m_oldM) / n;
          m_newS = m_oldS + (x - m_oldM) * (x - m_newM);

          // set up for next iteration
          m_oldM = m_newM;
          m_oldS = m_newS;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}