Class SecondMoment

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

    public class SecondMoment
    extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
    Computes a statistic related to the Second Central Moment. Specifically, what is computed is the sum of squared deviations from the sample mean.

    The following recursive updating formula is used:

    Let

    • dev = (current obs - previous mean)
    • n = number of observations (including current obs)
    Then

    new value = old value + dev^2 * (n -1) / n.

    Returns Double.NaN if no data values have been added and returns 0 if there is just one value in the data set. Note that Double.NaN may also be returned if the input includes NaN and / or infinite values.

    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.

    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      protected double dev
      Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment.
      protected double m1
      First moment of values that have been added.
      protected double m2
      second moment of values that have been added.
      protected long n
      Count of values that have been added.
      protected double nDev
      Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment, normalized by previous sample size.
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      SecondMoment()
      Create a SecondMoment instance.
      SecondMoment​(SecondMoment original)
      Copy constructor, creates a new SecondMoment identical to the original.
    • Field Detail

      • m2

        protected double m2
        second moment of values that have been added.
      • n

        protected long n
        Count of values that have been added.
      • m1

        protected double m1
        First moment of values that have been added.
      • dev

        protected double dev
        Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment. Retained to prevent repeated computation in higher order moments.
      • nDev

        protected double nDev
        Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment, normalized by previous sample size. Retained to prevent repeated computation in higher order moments
    • Method Detail

      • increment

        public void increment​(double d)
        Updates the internal state of the statistic to reflect the addition of the new value.
        Specified by:
        increment in interface StorelessUnivariateStatistic
        Parameters:
        d - the new value.
      • getResult

        public double getResult()
        Returns the current value of the Statistic.
        Specified by:
        getResult in interface StorelessUnivariateStatistic
        Returns:
        value of the statistic, Double.NaN if it has been cleared or just instantiated.
      • getN

        public long getN()
        Returns the number of values that have been added.
        Returns:
        the number of values.
      • copy

        public static void copy​(org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment source,
                                org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.stat.descriptive.moment.FirstMoment dest)
                         throws NullArgumentException
        Copies source to dest.

        Neither source nor dest can be null.

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