. define( 'NEGATIVE_INF', -INF ); /** * Represents a running summary of a stream of numbers. * * RunningStat instances are accumulator-like objects that provide a set of * continuously-updated summary statistics for a stream of numbers, without * requiring that each value be stored. The measures it provides are the * arithmetic mean, variance, standard deviation, and extrema (min and max); * together they describe the central tendency and statistical dispersion of a * set of values. * * One RunningStat instance can be merged into another; the resultant * RunningStat has the state it would have had if it had accumulated each * individual point. This allows data to be summarized in parallel and in * stages without loss of fidelity. * * Based on a C++ implementation by John D. Cook: * * * * The in-line documentation for this class incorporates content from the * English Wikipedia articles "Variance", "Algorithms for calculating * variance", and "Standard deviation". * * @since 1.23 */ class RunningStat implements Countable { /** @var int Number of samples. **/ public $n = 0; /** @var float The first moment (or mean, or expected value). **/ public $m1 = 0.0; /** @var float The second central moment (or variance). **/ public $m2 = 0.0; /** @var float The least value in the set. **/ public $min = INF; /** @var float The greatest value in the set. **/ public $max = NEGATIVE_INF; /** * Count the number of accumulated values. * @return int Number of values */ public function count() { return $this->n; } /** * Add a number to the data set. * @param int|float $x Value to add */ public function push( $x ) { $x = (float) $x; $this->min = min( $this->min, $x ); $this->max = max( $this->max, $x ); $n1 = $this->n; $this->n += 1; $delta = $x - $this->m1; $delta_n = $delta / $this->n; $this->m1 += $delta_n; $this->m2 += $delta * $delta_n * $n1; } /** * Get the mean, or expected value. * * The arithmetic mean is the sum of all measurements divided by the number * of observations in the data set. * * @return float Mean */ public function getMean() { return $this->m1; } /** * Get the estimated variance. * * Variance measures how far a set of numbers is spread out. A small * variance indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the * mean (and hence to each other), while a high variance indicates that the * data points are very spread out from the mean and from each other. * * @return float Estimated variance */ public function getVariance() { if ( $this->n === 0 ) { // The variance of the empty set is undefined. return NAN; } elseif ( $this->n === 1 ) { return 0.0; } else { return $this->m2 / ( $this->n - 1.0 ); } } /** * Get the estimated standard deviation. * * The standard deviation of a statistical population is the square root of * its variance. It shows how much variation from the mean exists. In * addition to expressing the variability of a population, the standard * deviation is commonly used to measure confidence in statistical conclusions. * * @return float Estimated standard deviation */ public function getStdDev() { return sqrt( $this->getVariance() ); } /** * Merge another RunningStat instance into this instance. * * This instance then has the state it would have had if all the data had * been accumulated by it alone. * * @param RunningStat RunningStat instance to merge into this one */ public function merge( RunningStat $other ) { // If the other RunningStat is empty, there's nothing to do. if ( $other->n === 0 ) { return; } // If this RunningStat is empty, copy values from other RunningStat. if ( $this->n === 0 ) { $this->n = $other->n; $this->m1 = $other->m1; $this->m2 = $other->m2; $this->min = $other->min; $this->max = $other->max; return; } $n = $this->n + $other->n; $delta = $other->m1 - $this->m1; $delta2 = $delta * $delta; $this->m1 = ( ( $this->n * $this->m1 ) + ( $other->n * $other->m1 ) ) / $n; $this->m2 = $this->m2 + $other->m2 + ( $delta2 * $this->n * $other->n / $n ); $this->min = min( $this->min, $other->min ); $this->max = max( $this->max, $other->max ); $this->n = $n; } }