Math::CDF – Generate probabilities and quantiles from several statistical probability functions

This module provides cumulative probabilities [P(X <= x)] and quantiles [given p, returns x such that P(X <= x) = p] from several statistical probability distributions.

This package provides a perl interface to DCDFLIB, a set of C functions written by Barry W. Brown, James Lovato and Kathy Russell of the Department of Biomathematics at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. DCDFLIB code is included in this module distribution with permission of its authors.

Please read the README for DCDFLIB provided in the /cdflib subdirectory of the Math::CDF distribution. In particular please notice in that document that some DCDFLIB routines might not be properly included in commercial applications.

How to Install

perl Makefile.PL make make test make install

Before compiling you may need to edit the file cdflib/ipmpar.c and uncomment the section of code corresponding to the platform you are compiling on. By default this file is set up for computers that use IEEE Arithmetic, which includes IBM PC, Macintosh and most Unix workstations.

Credit

Math::CDF was put together by Ed Callahan, callahan@envstat.com

Environmental Statistics PO Box 563 Fountain City, WI 54629

DCDFLIB was written by Barry W. Brown (bwb@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu), James Lovato and Kathy Russell

Department of Biomathematics, Box 237 The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, TX 77030