org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.moment

## Class Mean

• All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, StorelessUnivariateStatistic, UnivariateStatistic, WeightedEvaluation, MathArrays.Function

public class Mean
extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
implements Serializable, WeightedEvaluation

Computes the arithmetic mean of a set of values. Uses the definitional formula:

mean = sum(x_i) / n

where n is the number of observations.

When increment(double) is used to add data incrementally from a stream of (unstored) values, the value of the statistic that getResult() returns is computed using the following recursive updating algorithm:

1. Initialize m = the first value
2. For each additional value, update using
m = m + (new value - m) / (number of observations)

If AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.evaluate(double[]) is used to compute the mean of an array of stored values, a two-pass, corrected algorithm is used, starting with the definitional formula computed using the array of stored values and then correcting this by adding the mean deviation of the data values from the arithmetic mean. See, e.g. "Comparison of Several Algorithms for Computing Sample Means and Variances," Robert F. Ling, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 69, No. 348 (Dec., 1974), pp. 859-866.

Returns Double.NaN if the dataset is empty.

Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least one of the threads invokes the increment() or clear() method, it must be synchronized externally.
Version:
$Id: Mean.java 1416643 2012-12-03 19:37:14Z tn$
Serialized Form
• ### Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description
protected boolean incMoment
Determines whether or not this statistic can be incremented or cleared.
protected org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment moment
First moment on which this statistic is based.
• ### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
Mean()
Constructs a Mean.
Mean(org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment m1)
Constructs a Mean with an External Moment.
Mean(Mean original)
Copy constructor, creates a new Mean identical to the original
• ### Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type Method and Description
void clear()
Clears the internal state of the Statistic
Mean copy()
Returns a copy of the statistic with the same internal state.
static void copy(Mean source, Mean dest)
Copies source to dest.
double evaluate(double[] values, double[] weights)
Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the input array.
double evaluate(double[] values, double[] weights, int begin, int length)
Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the specified portion of the input array, or Double.NaN if the designated subarray is empty.
double evaluate(double[] values, int begin, int length)
Returns the arithmetic mean of the entries in the specified portion of the input array, or Double.NaN if the designated subarray is empty.
long getN()
Returns the number of values that have been added.
double getResult()
Returns the current value of the Statistic.
void increment(double d)
Updates the internal state of the statistic to reflect the addition of the new value.
• ### Field Detail

• #### moment

protected org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment moment
First moment on which this statistic is based.
• #### incMoment

protected boolean incMoment
Determines whether or not this statistic can be incremented or cleared.

Statistics based on (constructed from) external moments cannot be incremented or cleared.

• ### Constructor Detail

• #### Mean

public Mean()
Constructs a Mean.
• #### Mean

public Mean(org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment m1)
Constructs a Mean with an External Moment.
Parameters:
m1 - the moment
• ### Method Detail

• #### getN

public long getN()
Returns the number of values that have been added.
Specified by:
getN in interface StorelessUnivariateStatistic
Returns:
the number of values.
• #### evaluate

public double evaluate(double[] values,
double[] weights,
int begin,
int length)
throws MathIllegalArgumentException
Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the specified portion of the input array, or Double.NaN if the designated subarray is empty.

Throws IllegalArgumentException if either array is null.

See Mean for details on the computing algorithm. The two-pass algorithm described above is used here, with weights applied in computing both the original estimate and the correction factor.

Throws IllegalArgumentException if any of the following are true:

• the values array is null
• the weights array is null
• the weights array does not have the same length as the values array
• the weights array contains one or more infinite values
• the weights array contains one or more NaN values
• the weights array contains negative values
• the start and length arguments do not determine a valid array

Specified by:
evaluate in interface WeightedEvaluation
Parameters:
values - the input array
weights - the weights array
begin - index of the first array element to include
length - the number of elements to include
Returns:
the mean of the values or Double.NaN if length = 0
Throws:
MathIllegalArgumentException - if the parameters are not valid
Since:
2.1
• #### evaluate

public double evaluate(double[] values,
double[] weights)
throws MathIllegalArgumentException
Returns the weighted arithmetic mean of the entries in the input array.

Throws MathIllegalArgumentException if either array is null.

See Mean for details on the computing algorithm. The two-pass algorithm described above is used here, with weights applied in computing both the original estimate and the correction factor.

Throws MathIllegalArgumentException if any of the following are true:

• the values array is null
• the weights array is null
• the weights array does not have the same length as the values array
• the weights array contains one or more infinite values
• the weights array contains one or more NaN values
• the weights array contains negative values

Specified by:
evaluate in interface WeightedEvaluation
Parameters:
values - the input array
weights - the weights array
Returns:
the mean of the values or Double.NaN if length = 0
Throws:
MathIllegalArgumentException - if the parameters are not valid
Since:
2.1
• #### copy

public static void copy(Mean source,
Mean dest)
throws NullArgumentException
Copies source to dest.

Neither source nor dest can be null.

Parameters:
source - Mean to copy
dest - Mean to copy to
Throws:
NullArgumentException - if either source or dest is null