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Computation/Probability/erf.gml

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/// @func erf(x)
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/// @desc Returns the value of erf(x), the "error function" or cumulative
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/// distribution function, which computes the probability that a
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/// Gaussian random number falls within a given range.
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/// @desc Returns the probability that a Gaussian random number falls
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/// within a given range. This is known as the "error function"
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/// or cumulative distribution function.
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/// @param {real} x value
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Computation/Probability/erf.md

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The "error function" or cumulative distribution function is encountered
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in probability and can be used to compute the probability that a
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Gaussian random number falls within a given range. This algorithm was
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taken from the article in the link given immediately below.
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<http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/p/pfackler/www/ECG790C/accuratecumnorm.pdf>
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If the above link does not work, an alternate version of the same
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paper can be found below.
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taken from the article in the link given below.
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<http://www.codeplanet.eu/files/download/accuratecumnorm.pdf>
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