-- $Id: moments.lua,v 1.2 2001/01/05 01:35:56 doug Exp $
-- http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/
-- implemented by: Roberto Ierusalimschy
local nums = {}
local n = 0
local sum = 0
while 1 do
local line = read()
if line == nil then break end
line = line+0 -- convert line to number
sum = sum + line
n = n + 1
nums[n] = line
end
local mean = sum/n
local average_deviation, variance, skew, kurtosis = 0, 0, 0, 0
for i = 1, n do
local deviation = nums[i] - mean
average_deviation = average_deviation + abs(deviation)
variance = variance + deviation^2
skew = skew + deviation^3
kurtosis = kurtosis + deviation^4
end
average_deviation = average_deviation/n
variance = variance/(n-1)
local standard_deviation = sqrt(variance)
if variance ~= 0 then
skew = skew / (n * variance * standard_deviation)
kurtosis = kurtosis/(n * variance * variance) - 3.0
end
sort(nums)
local mid = floor(n/2)
local median
if mod(n,2) == 1 then
median = nums[mid+1]
else
median = (nums[mid] + nums[mid+1])/2
end
write(format("n: %d\n", n))
write(format("median: %f\n", median))
write(format("mean: %f\n", mean))
write(format("average_deviation: %f\n", average_deviation))
write(format("standard_deviation: %f\n", standard_deviation))
write(format("variance: %f\n", variance))
write(format("skew: %f\n", skew))
write(format("kurtosis: %f\n", kurtosis))