NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DIRECTLY FROM CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS
Abstract
A method for direct numerical evaluation of the cumulative probability distribution function from the characteristic function in terms of a single integral is presented. No moment evaluations or series expansions are required. Intermediate evaluation of the probability density function is circumvented. The method takes on a special form when the random variables are discrete.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 11, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0693991
Entities
People
- Albert H. Nuttall
Organizations
- Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory