src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.moment;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;

/**
 * Computes the skewness of the available values.
 * <p>
 * We use the following (unbiased) formula to define skewness:</p>
 * <p>
 * skewness = [n / (n -1) (n - 2)] sum[(x_i - mean)^3] / std^3 </p>
 * <p>
 * where n is the number of values, mean is the {@link Mean} and std is the
 * {@link StandardDeviation} </p>
 * <p>
 * <strong>Note that this implementation is not synchronized.</strong> If
 * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
 * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
 * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally. </p>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1006299 $ $Date: 2010-10-10 16:47:17 +0200 (dim. 10 oct. 2010) $
 */
public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {

    /** Serializable version identifier */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7101857578996691352L;

    /** Third moment on which this statistic is based */
    protected ThirdMoment moment = null;

     /**
     * Determines whether or not this statistic can be incremented or cleared.
     * <p>
     * Statistics based on (constructed from) external moments cannot
     * be incremented or cleared.</p>
    */
    protected boolean incMoment;

    /**
     * Constructs a Skewness
     */
    public Skewness() {
        incMoment = true;
        moment = new ThirdMoment();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a Skewness with an external moment
     * @param m3 external moment
     */
    public Skewness(final ThirdMoment m3) {
        incMoment = false;
        this.moment = m3;
    }

    /**
     * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Skewness} identical
     * to the {@code original}
     *
     * @param original the {@code Skewness} instance to copy
     */
    public Skewness(Skewness original) {
        copy(original, this);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void increment(final double d) {
        if (incMoment) {
            moment.increment(d);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of the statistic based on the values that have been added.
     * <p>
     * See {@link Skewness} for the definition used in the computation.</p>
     *
     * @return the skewness of the available values.
     */
    @Override
    public double getResult() {

        if (moment.n < 3) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        double variance = moment.m2 / (moment.n - 1);
        if (variance < 10E-20) {
            return 0.0d;
        } else {
            double n0 = moment.getN();
            return  (n0 * moment.m3) /
            ((n0 - 1) * (n0 -2) * FastMath.sqrt(variance) * variance);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public long getN() {
        return moment.getN();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void clear() {
        if (incMoment) {
            moment.clear();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Skewness of the entries in the specifed portion of the
     * input array.
     * <p>
     * See {@link Skewness} for the definition used in the computation.</p>
     * <p>
     * Throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
     *
     * @param values the input array
     * @param begin the index of the first array element to include
     * @param length the number of elements to include
     * @return the skewness of the values or Double.NaN if length is less than
     * 3
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the array is null or the array index
     *  parameters are not valid
     */
    @Override
    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin,
            final int length) {

        // Initialize the skewness
        double skew = Double.NaN;

        if (test(values, begin, length) && length > 2 ){
            Mean mean = new Mean();
            // Get the mean and the standard deviation
            double m = mean.evaluate(values, begin, length);

            // Calc the std, this is implemented here instead
            // of using the standardDeviation method eliminate
            // a duplicate pass to get the mean
            double accum = 0.0;
            double accum2 = 0.0;
            for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                final double d = values[i] - m;
                accum  += d * d;
                accum2 += d;
            }
            final double variance = (accum - (accum2 * accum2 / length)) / (length - 1);

            double accum3 = 0.0;
            for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                final double d = values[i] - m;
                accum3 += d * d * d;
            }
            accum3 /= variance * FastMath.sqrt(variance);

            // Get N
            double n0 = length;

            // Calculate skewness
            skew = (n0 / ((n0 - 1) * (n0 - 2))) * accum3;
        }
        return skew;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public Skewness copy() {
        Skewness result = new Skewness();
        copy(this, result);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Copies source to dest.
     * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
     *
     * @param source Skewness to copy
     * @param dest Skewness to copy to
     * @throws NullPointerException if either source or dest is null
     */
    public static void copy(Skewness source, Skewness dest) {
        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
        dest.moment = new ThirdMoment(source.moment.copy());
        dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;
    }
}