incrementalstatistics.hpp

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/*! \file incrementalstatistics.hpp
    \brief statistics tool based on incremental accumulation
*/

#ifndef quantlib_incremental_statistics_hpp
#define quantlib_incremental_statistics_hpp

#include <ql/utilities/null.hpp>
#include <ql/errors.hpp>

namespace QuantLib {

    //! Statistics tool based on incremental accumulation
    /*! It can accumulate a set of data and return statistics (e.g: mean,
        variance, skewness, kurtosis, error estimation, etc.)

        \warning high moments are numerically unstable for high
                 average/standardDeviation ratios.
    */
    class IncrementalStatistics {
      public:
        typedef Real value_type;
        IncrementalStatistics();
        //! \name Inspectors
        //@{
        //! number of samples collected
        Size samples() const;

        //! sum of data weights
        Real weightSum() const;

        /*! returns the mean, defined as
            \f[ \langle x \rangle = \frac{\sum w_i x_i}{\sum w_i}. \f]
        */
        Real mean() const;

        /*! returns the variance, defined as
            \f[ \frac{N}{N-1} \left\langle \left(
                x-\langle x \rangle \right)^2 \right\rangle. \f]
        */
        Real variance() const;

        /*! returns the standard deviation \f$ \sigma \f$, defined as the
            square root of the variance.
        */
        Real standardDeviation() const;

        /*! returns the error estimate \f$ \epsilon \f$, defined as the
            square root of the ratio of the variance to the number of
            samples.
        */
        Real errorEstimate() const;

        /*! returns the skewness, defined as
            \f[ \frac{N^2}{(N-1)(N-2)} \frac{\left\langle \left(
                x-\langle x \rangle \right)^3 \right\rangle}{\sigma^3}. \f]
            The above evaluates to 0 for a Gaussian distribution.
        */
        Real skewness() const;

        /*! returns the excess kurtosis, defined as
            \f[ \frac{N^2(N+1)}{(N-1)(N-2)(N-3)}
                \frac{\left\langle \left(x-\langle x \rangle \right)^4
                \right\rangle}{\sigma^4} - \frac{3(N-1)^2}{(N-2)(N-3)}. \f]
            The above evaluates to 0 for a Gaussian distribution.
        */
        Real kurtosis() const;

        /*! returns the minimum sample value */
        Real min() const;

        /*! returns the maximum sample value */
        Real max() const;

        /*! returns the downside variance, defined as
            \f[ \frac{N}{N-1} \times \frac{ \sum_{i=1}^{N}
                \theta \times x_i^{2}}{ \sum_{i=1}^{N} w_i} \f],
            where \f$ \theta \f$ = 0 if x > 0 and
            \f$ \theta \f$ =1 if x <0
        */
        Real downsideVariance() const;

        /*! returns the downside deviation, defined as the
            square root of the downside variance.
        */
        Real downsideDeviation() const;

        //@}

        //! \name Modifiers
        //@{
        //! adds a datum to the set, possibly with a weight
        /*! \pre weight must be positive or null */
        void add(Real value, Real weight = 1.0);
        //! adds a sequence of data to the set, with default weight
        template <class DataIterator>
        void addSequence(DataIterator begin, DataIterator end) {
            for (;begin!=end;++begin)
                add(*begin);
        }
        //! adds a sequence of data to the set, each with its weight
        /*! \pre weights must be positive or null */
        template <class DataIterator, class WeightIterator>
        void addSequence(DataIterator begin, DataIterator end,
                         WeightIterator wbegin) {
            for (;begin!=end;++begin,++wbegin)
                add(*begin, *wbegin);
        }
        //! resets the data to a null set
        void reset();
        //@}
      protected:
        Size sampleNumber_, downsideSampleNumber_;
        Real sampleWeight_, downsideSampleWeight_;
        Real sum_, quadraticSum_, downsideQuadraticSum_,
            cubicSum_, fourthPowerSum_;
        Real min_, max_;
    };

}


#endif