erf() public static method

Error function (Gauss error function) Convenience method for errorFunction
public static erf ( number $x ) : number
$x number
return number
Example #1
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 /**
  * Log normal distribution - cumulative distribution function
  *
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-normal_distribution
  *
  *       1   1      / ln x - μ \
  * cdf = - + - erf |  --------  |
  *       2   2      \   √2σ     /
  *
  * @param  number $x > 0
  * @param  number $μ location parameter
  * @param  number $σ scale parameter > 0
  * @return number
  */
 public static function CDF($x, $μ, $σ)
 {
     Support::checkLimits(self::LIMITS, ['x' => $x, 'μ' => $μ, 'σ' => $σ]);
     $π = \M_PI;
     $⟮ln x − μ⟯ = log($x) - $μ;
     $√2σ = sqrt(2) * $σ;
     return 1 / 2 + 1 / 2 * Special::erf($⟮ln x − μ⟯ / $√2σ);
 }
Example #2
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 /**
  * Cumulative distribution function
  * Probability of being below X.
  * Area under the normal distribution from -∞ to X.
  *             _                  _
  *          1 |         / x - μ \  |
  * cdf(x) = - | 1 + erf|  ----- |  |
  *          2 |_        \  σ√2  / _|
  *
  * @param number $x upper bound
  * @param number $μ mean
  * @param number $σ standard deviation
  *
  * @return float cdf(x) below
  */
 public static function CDF($x, $μ, $σ) : float
 {
     Support::checkLimits(self::LIMITS, ['x' => $x, 'μ' => $μ, 'σ' => $σ]);
     return 1 / 2 * (1 + Special::erf(($x - $μ) / ($σ * sqrt(2))));
 }