source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Common/3.3/EnumerableStatisticExtensions.cs @ 5520

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace HeuristicLab.Common {
  public static class EnumerableStatisticExtensions {
    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates the median element of the enumeration.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="values"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static double Median(this IEnumerable<double> values) {
      int n = values.Count();
      if (n == 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("Enumeration contains no elements.");

      double[] sortedValues = new double[n];
      int i = 0;
      foreach (double x in values)
        sortedValues[i++] = x;

      Array.Sort(sortedValues);

      // return the middle element (if n is uneven) or the average of the two middle elements if n is even.
      if (n % 2 == 1) {
        return sortedValues[n / 2];
      } else {
        return (sortedValues[(n / 2) - 1] + sortedValues[n / 2]) / 2.0;
      }
    }


    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates the standard deviation of values.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="values"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static double StandardDeviation(this IEnumerable<double> values) {
      return Math.Sqrt(Variance(values));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates the variance of values. (sum (x - x_mean)² / n)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="values"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static double Variance(this IEnumerable<double> values) {
      int m_n = 0;
      double m_oldM = 0.0;
      double m_newM = 0.0;
      double m_oldS = 0.0;
      double m_newS = 0.0;
      foreach (double x in values) {
        m_n++;
        if (m_n == 1) {
          m_oldM = m_newM = x;
          m_oldS = 0.0;
        } else {
          m_newM = m_oldM + (x - m_oldM) / m_n;
          m_newS = m_oldS + (x - m_oldM) * (x - m_newM);

          // set up for next iteration
          m_oldM = m_newM;
          m_oldS = m_newS;
        }
      }
      return ((m_n > 1) ? m_newS / (m_n - 1) : 0.0);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates the pth percentile of the values.
    /// </summary
    public static double Percentile(this IEnumerable<double> values, double p) {
      if (values.Count() == 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("Enumeration contains no elements.");
      if (values.Count() == 1) return values.ElementAt(0);

      double[] sortedValues = values.ToArray();
      Array.Sort(sortedValues);

      int n = sortedValues.Length;
      if (p.IsAlmost(0.0)) return sortedValues[0];
      if (p.IsAlmost(1.0)) return sortedValues[n - 1];

      double t = p * (n - 1);
      int index = (int)Math.Floor(t);
      double percentage = t - index;
      return sortedValues[index] * (1 - percentage) + sortedValues[index + 1] * percentage;
    }
  }
}