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pm_mathBeta Module Reference

This module contains classes and procedures for computing the mathematical Beta Function and its inverse. More...

Data Types

interface  getBetaInc
 Generate and return the regularized Incomplete Beta Function \(I_x(\alpha, \beta)\) as defined in the details section of pm_mathBeta. More...
 
interface  getBetaInv
 Generate and return the regularized Inverse Incomplete Beta Function \(I_x(\alpha, \beta)\) as defined in the details section of pm_mathBeta. More...
 
interface  getLogBeta
 Generate and return the natural logarithm of the Beta Function \(\mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta)\) as defined in the details section of pm_mathBeta. More...
 
interface  setBetaInc
 Return the regularized Incomplete Beta Function \(I_x(\alpha, \beta)\) as defined in the details section of pm_mathBeta. More...
 
interface  setBetaInv
 Return the regularized Inverse Incomplete Beta Function \(I_x(\alpha, \beta)\) as defined in the details section of pm_mathBeta. More...
 

Variables

character(*, SK), parameter MODULE_NAME = "@pm_mathBeta"
 

Detailed Description

This module contains classes and procedures for computing the mathematical Beta Function and its inverse.

The Beta Function is defined by the integral,

\begin{eqnarray} \mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta) &=& \int_{0}^{1} ~ t^{\alpha-1} (1-t)^{\beta-1}~\mathrm{d}t \\ &=& \frac{\Gamma(\alpha) \Gamma(\beta)}{\Gamma(\alpha + \beta)} ~, \end{eqnarray}

where \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are complex numbers such that \(\Re \alpha > 0\) and \(\Re \beta > 0\).

The incomplete beta function is a generalization of the beta function defined as,

\begin{eqnarray} \mathrm{B}(x; \alpha, \beta) = \int_{0}^{x} ~ t^{\alpha-1} (1-t)^{\beta-1}~\mathrm{d}t ~,~ x \in [0, 1] \end{eqnarray}

where for \(x = 1\) becomes the same as the equation for the (complete) beta function, that is, \(\mathrm{B}(x = 1;\alpha, \beta) = \mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta)\).
Note that the relationship between the complete and the incomplete beta function is similar to the relationship between the complete and incomplete gamma function.

The regularized incomplete beta function (or Beta Function Ratio or regularized beta function for short) is defined in terms of the incomplete beta function and the complete beta function as,

\begin{eqnarray} I_x(\alpha, \beta) = \frac{\mathrm{B}(x; \alpha, \beta)}{\mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta)} ~. \end{eqnarray}

Note the regularized beta function has the limiting values,

\begin{eqnarray} I_0(\alpha, \beta) &=& 0 \\ I_1(\alpha, \beta) &=& 1 ~. \end{eqnarray}

The regularized incomplete beta function is the cumulative distribution function of the beta distribution, and is related to the cumulative distribution function of a random variable \(X\) following a binomial distribution with probability of single success \(p\) and number of Bernoulli trials \(n\).

The Regularized Inverse Incomplete Beta Function \(I_y(I_x; \alpha, \beta)\) is defined such that,

\begin{equation} I_y\left(I_x(x; \alpha, \beta); \alpha, \beta\right) = x ~. \end{equation}

The Regularized Inverse Incomplete Beta Function is also the quantile function of the Beta distribution.

See also
pm_distBeta
pm_mathGamma
Newby, 1991, The incomplete Beta Integral, TH Eindhoven. THE/BDK/ORS, Vakgroep ORS: rapporten, Volume 9106.
Majumder and Bhattacharjee, 1973, Algorithm AS 63: The incomplete Beta Integral, Applied Statistics, Volume 22, Number 3, pages 409-411.
Test:
test_pm_mathBeta


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Author:
Amir Shahmoradi, Oct 16, 2009, 11:14 AM, Michigan

Variable Documentation

◆ MODULE_NAME

character(*, SK), parameter pm_mathBeta::MODULE_NAME = "@pm_mathBeta"

Definition at line 89 of file pm_mathBeta.F90.