1 /* libguestfs - guestfish shell
2 * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc.
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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22 /* Compute the running mean and standard deviation from the
23 * series of estimated values.
26 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation#Rapid_calculation_methods
27 * Checked in a test program against answers given by Wolfram Alpha.
31 double i; /* number of samples */
36 rmsd_init (struct rmsd *r)
44 rmsd_add_sample (struct rmsd *r, double x)
46 double a_next, q_next;
48 a_next = r->a + (x - r->a) / r->i;
49 q_next = r->q + (x - r->a) * (x - a_next);
56 rmsd_get_mean (const struct rmsd *r)
62 rmsd_get_standard_deviation (const struct rmsd *r)
64 return sqrt (r->q / (r->i - 1.0));
67 #endif /* FISH_RMSD_H */