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snanmeanwd

Calculate the arithmetic mean of a single-precision floating-point strided array, ignoring NaN values and using Welford's algorithm.

The arithmetic mean is defined as

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-snanmeanwd

Usage

var snanmeanwd = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-snanmeanwd' );

snanmeanwd( N, x, stride )

Computes the arithmetic mean of a single-precision floating-point strided array x, ignoring NaN values and using Welford's algorithm.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, NaN, 2.0 ] );
var N = x.length;

var v = snanmeanwd( N, x, 1 );
// returns ~0.3333

The function has the following parameters:

N: number of indexed elements.
x: input Float32Array.
stride: index increment for x.

The N and stride parameters determine which elements in x are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the arithmetic mean of every other element in x,

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );
var floor = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-floor' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -7.0, -2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 2.0, NaN ] );
var N = floor( x.length / 2 );

var v = snanmeanwd( N, x, 2 );
// returns 1.25

Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use typed array views.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );
var floor = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-floor' );

var x0 = new Float32Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, NaN ] );
var x1 = new Float32Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

var N = floor( x0.length / 2 );

var v = snanmeanwd( N, x1, 2 );
// returns 1.25

snanmeanwd.ndarray( N, x, stride, offset )

Computes the arithmetic mean of a single-precision floating-point strided array, ignoring NaN values and using Welford's algorithm and alternative indexing semantics.

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 1.0, -2.0, NaN, 2.0 ] );
var N = x.length;

var v = snanmeanwd.ndarray( N, x, 1, 0 );
// returns ~0.33333

The function has the following additional parameters:

offset: starting index for x.

While typed array views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameter supports indexing semantics based on a starting index. For example, to calculate the arithmetic mean for every other value in x starting from the second value

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );
var floor = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-floor' );

var x = new Float32Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, -2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, NaN ] );
var N = floor( x.length / 2 );

var v = snanmeanwd.ndarray( N, x, 2, 1 );
// returns 1.25

Notes

If N <= 0, both functions return NaN.
If every indexed element is NaN, both functions return NaN.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var round = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-round' );
var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );
var snanmeanwd = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-snanmeanwd' );

var x;
var i;

x = new Float32Array( 10 );
for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
    if ( randu() < 0.2 ) {
        x[ i ] = NaN;
    } else {
        x[ i ] = round( (randu()*100.0) - 50.0 );
    }
}
console.log( x );

var v = snanmeanwd( x.length, x, 1 );
console.log( v );

References

Welford, B. P. 1962. "Note on a Method for Calculating Corrected Sums of Squares and Products." Technometrics 4 (3). Taylor & Francis: 419–20. doi:10.1080/00401706.1962.10490022.
van Reeken, A. J. 1968. "Letters to the Editor: Dealing with Neely's Algorithms." Communications of the ACM 11 (3): 149–50. doi:10.1145/362929.362961.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.