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scripts/statistics/distributions/laplace_pdf.m

changeset 10289: 4b124317dc38
parent:93c65f2a5668
author: John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date: Tue Feb 09 20:58:55 2010 -0500 (69 minutes ago)
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     1## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006,

     2##               2007 Kurt Hornik

     3##

     4## This file is part of Octave.

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    19

    20## -*- texinfo -*-

    21## @deftypefn {Function File} {} laplace_pdf (@var{x})

    22## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function

    23## (PDF) at @var{x} of the Laplace distribution.

    24## @end deftypefn

    25

    26## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>

    27## Description: PDF of the Laplace distribution

    28

    29function pdf = laplace_pdf (x)

    30

    31  if (nargin != 1)

    32    print_usage ();

    33  endif

    34

    35  pdf = zeros (size (x));

    36

    37  k = find (isnan (x));

    38  if (any (k))

    39    pdf(k) = NaN;

    40  endif

    41

    42  k = find ((x > -Inf) & (x < Inf));

    43  if (any (k))

    44    pdf(k) = exp (- abs (x(k))) / 2;

    45  endif

    46

    47endfunction