ccdf#
- Mixture.ccdf(x, y=None, /, *, method=None)[source]#
Complementary cumulative distribution function
The complementary cumulative distribution function (“CCDF”), denoted \(G(x)\), is the complement of the cumulative distribution function \(F(x)\); i.e., probability the random variable \(X\) will assume a value greater than \(x\):
\[G(x) = 1 - F(x) = P(X > x)\]A two-argument variant of this function is:
\[G(x, y) = 1 - F(x, y) = P(X < x \text{ or } X > y)\]ccdf
accepts x for \(x\) and y for \(y\).- Parameters:
- x, yarray_like
The arguments of the CCDF. x is required; y is optional.
- method{None, ‘formula’, ‘logexp’, ‘complement’, ‘quadrature’, ‘addition’}
The strategy used to evaluate the CCDF. By default (
None
), the infrastructure chooses between the following options, listed in order of precedence.'formula'
: use a formula for the CCDF itself'logexp'
: evaluate the log-CCDF and exponentiate'complement'
: evaluate the CDF and take the complement'quadrature'
: numerically integrate the PDF
The two-argument form chooses between:
'formula'
: use a formula for the CCDF itself'addition'
: compute the CDF at x and the CCDF at y, then add
Not all method options are available for all distributions. If the selected method is not available, a
NotImplementedError
will be raised.
- Returns:
- outarray
The CCDF evaluated at the provided argument(s).
Notes
Suppose a continuous probability distribution has support \([l, r]\). The CCDF \(G(x)\) is related to the probability density function \(f(x)\) by:
\[G(x) = \int_x^r f(u) du\]The two argument version is:
\[G(x, y) = \int_l^x f(u) du + \int_y^r f(u) du\]The CCDF returns its minimum value of \(0\) for \(x ≥ r\) and its maximum value of \(1\) for \(x ≤ l\).
The CCDF is also known as the “survival function”.
References
[1]Cumulative distribution function, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_distribution_function#Derived_functions
Examples
Instantiate a distribution with the desired parameters:
>>> import numpy as np >>> from scipy import stats >>> X = stats.Uniform(a=-0.5, b=0.5)
Evaluate the CCDF at the desired argument:
>>> X.ccdf(0.25) 0.25 >>> np.allclose(X.ccdf(0.25), 1-X.cdf(0.25)) True
Evaluate the complement of the cumulative probability between two arguments:
>>> X.ccdf(-0.25, 0.25) == X.cdf(-0.25) + X.ccdf(0.25) True