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BernoulliDistribution Class
Bernoulli probability distribution.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  Accord.Statistics.DistributionsDistributionBase
    Accord.Statistics.Distributions.UnivariateUnivariateDiscreteDistribution
      Accord.Statistics.Distributions.UnivariateBernoulliDistribution

Namespace:  Accord.Statistics.Distributions.Univariate
Assembly:  Accord.Statistics (in Accord.Statistics.dll) Version: 3.8.0
Syntax
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[SerializableAttribute]
public class BernoulliDistribution : UnivariateDiscreteDistribution, 
	IFittableDistribution<double, IFittingOptions>, IFittable<double, IFittingOptions>, 
	IFittable<double>, IFittableDistribution<double>, IDistribution<double>, 
	IDistribution, ICloneable, ISampleableDistribution<int>, IDistribution<int>, 
	IRandomNumberGenerator<int>, IUnivariateDistribution<double>, IUnivariateDistribution
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The BernoulliDistribution type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodBernoulliDistribution
Creates a new Bernoulli distribution.
Public methodBernoulliDistribution(Double)
Creates a new Bernoulli distribution.
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyEntropy
Gets the entropy for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionEntropy.)
Public propertyMean
Gets the mean for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionMean.)
Public propertyMedian
Gets the median for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionMedian.)
Public propertyMode
Gets the mode for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionMode.)
Public propertyQuartiles
Gets the Quartiles for this distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public propertyStandardDeviation
Gets the Standard Deviation (the square root of the variance) for the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public propertySupport
Gets the support interval for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionSupport.)
Public propertyVariance
Gets the variance for this distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionVariance.)
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Methods
  NameDescription
Protected methodBaseDistributionFunction
Computes the cumulative distribution function by summing the outputs of the ProbabilityMassFunction(Int32) for all elements in the distribution domain. Note that this method should not be used in case there is a more efficient formula for computing the CDF of a distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Protected methodBaseInverseDistributionFunction
Gets the inverse of the cumulative distribution function (icdf) for this distribution evaluated at probability p using a numerical approximation based on binary search.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodClone
Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance.
(Overrides DistributionBaseClone.)
Public methodComplementaryDistributionFunction(Int32)
Gets P(X > k) the complementary cumulative distribution function (ccdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k. This function is also known as the Survival function.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodCode exampleComplementaryDistributionFunction(Int32, Boolean)
Gets the complementary cumulative distribution function (ccdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k. This function is also known as the Survival function.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodCumulativeHazardFunction
Gets the cumulative hazard function for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodDistributionFunction(Int32)
Gets P(X ≤ k), the cumulative distribution function (cdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodCode exampleDistributionFunction(Int32, Boolean)
Gets P(X ≤ k) or P(X < k), the cumulative distribution function (cdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k, depending on the value of the inclusive parameter.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodDistributionFunction(Int32, Int32)
Gets the cumulative distribution function (cdf) for this distribution in the semi-closed interval (a; b] given as P(a < X ≤ b).
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodFit(Double)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Int32)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Double, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Double, Double)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Double, Int32)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Int32, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Double, Double, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionFit(Double, Double, IFittingOptions).)
Public methodFit(Double, Int32, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Int32, Double, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodFit(Int32, Int32, IFittingOptions)
Fits the underlying distribution to a given set of observations.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate
Generates a random observation from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate(Random)
Generates a random observation from the current distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionGenerate(Random).)
Public methodGenerate(Int32)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate(Int32, Double)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate(Int32, Int32)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate(Int32, Random)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGenerate(Int32, Int32, Random)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionGenerate(Int32, Int32, Random).)
Public methodGenerate(Int32, Double, Random)
Generates a random vector of observations from the current distribution.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetRange
Gets the distribution range within a given percentile.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodHazardFunction
Gets the hazard function, also known as the failure rate or the conditional failure density function for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Protected methodInnerComplementaryDistributionFunction
Gets P(X > k) the complementary cumulative distribution function (ccdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k. This function is also known as the Survival function.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionInnerComplementaryDistributionFunction(Int32).)
Protected methodInnerDistributionFunction
Gets the cumulative distribution function (cdf) for this distribution evaluated at point k.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionInnerDistributionFunction(Int32).)
Protected methodInnerInverseDistributionFunction
Gets the inverse of the cumulative distribution function (icdf) for this distribution evaluated at probability p. This function is also known as the Quantile function.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionInnerInverseDistributionFunction(Double).)
Protected methodInnerLogProbabilityMassFunction
Gets the log-probability mass function (pmf) for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionInnerLogProbabilityMassFunction(Int32).)
Protected methodInnerProbabilityMassFunction
Gets the probability mass function (pmf) for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Overrides UnivariateDiscreteDistributionInnerProbabilityMassFunction(Int32).)
Public methodInverseDistributionFunction
Gets the inverse of the cumulative distribution function (icdf) for this distribution evaluated at probability p. This function is also known as the Quantile function.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodLogCumulativeHazardFunction
Gets the log-cumulative hazard function for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodLogProbabilityMassFunction
Gets the log-probability mass function (pmf) for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodProbabilityMassFunction
Gets the probability mass function (pmf) for this distribution evaluated at point x.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodQuantileDensityFunction
Gets the first derivative of the inverse distribution function (icdf) for this distribution evaluated at probability p.
(Inherited from UnivariateDiscreteDistribution.)
Public methodToString
Returns a String that represents this instance.
(Inherited from DistributionBase.)
Public methodToString(IFormatProvider)
Returns a String that represents this instance.
(Inherited from DistributionBase.)
Public methodToString(String)
Returns a String that represents this instance.
(Inherited from DistributionBase.)
Public methodToString(String, IFormatProvider)
Returns a String that represents this instance.
(Overrides DistributionBaseToString(String, IFormatProvider).)
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Extension Methods
  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodHasMethod
Checks whether an object implements a method with the given name.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIsEqual
Compares two objects for equality, performing an elementwise comparison if the elements are vectors or matrices.
(Defined by Matrix.)
Public Extension MethodTo(Type)Overloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToTOverloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
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Remarks

The Bernoulli distribution is a distribution for a single binary variable x E {0,1}, representing, for example, the flipping of a coin. It is governed by a single continuous parameter representing the probability of an observation to be equal to 1.

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Examples
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// Create a distribution with probability 0.42
var bern = new BernoulliDistribution(mean: 0.42);

// Common measures
double mean   = bern.Mean;     // 0.42
double median = bern.Median;   // 0.0
double var    = bern.Variance; // 0.2436
double mode   = bern.Mode;     // 0.0

// Probability mass functions
double pdf = bern.ProbabilityMassFunction(k: 1); // 0.42
double lpdf = bern.LogProbabilityMassFunction(k: 0); // -0.54472717544167193

// Cumulative distribution functions
double cdf = bern.DistributionFunction(k: 0);    // 0.58
double ccdf = bern.ComplementaryDistributionFunction(k: 0); // 0.42

// Quantile functions
int icdf0 = bern.InverseDistributionFunction(p: 0.57); // 0
int icdf1 = bern.InverseDistributionFunction(p: 0.59); // 1

// Hazard / failure rate functions
double hf = bern.HazardFunction(x: 0); // 1.3809523809523814
double chf = bern.CumulativeHazardFunction(x: 0); // 0.86750056770472328

// String representation
string str = bern.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); // "Bernoulli(x; p = 0.42, q = 0.58)"
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