NAG Library Routine Document

g07daf (robust_1var_median)

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Purpose

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Specification

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Description

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References

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Arguments

1:     $\mathbf{n}$ – IntegerInput

On entry: $n$, the number of observations.

Constraint: $\mathbf{n}>1$.

2:     $\mathbf{x}\left(\mathbf{n}\right)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayInput

On entry: the vector of observations, $x_1,x_2,\dots ,x_n$.

3:     $\mathbf{y}\left(\mathbf{n}\right)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayOutput

On exit: the observations sorted into ascending order.

4:     $\mathbf{xme}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Output

On exit: the median, ${\theta }_{\mathrm{med}}$.

5:     $\mathbf{xmd}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Output

On exit: the median absolute deviation, ${\sigma }_{\mathrm{med}}$.

6:     $\mathbf{xsd}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Output

On exit: the robust estimate of the standard deviation, ${\sigma }_{\mathrm{med}}^{\prime }$.

7:     $\mathbf{ifail}$ – IntegerInput/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to $0$, $-1\text{ or }1$. If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 3.4 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for details.

For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $-1\text{ or }1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this argument, the recommended value is $0$. When the value $-\mathbf{1}\text{ or }\mathbf{1}$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $\mathbf{ifail}=\mathbf{0}$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

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Error Indicators and Warnings

$\mathbf{ifail}=1$

On entry, $\mathbf{n}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{n}>1$.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-99$

An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.

See Section 3.9 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-399$

Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.

See Section 3.8 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-999$

Dynamic memory allocation failed.

See Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

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Accuracy

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Parallelism and Performance

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Further Comments

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Example

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Program Text

Program Text (g07dafe.f90)

10.2

Program Data

Program Data (g07dafe.d)

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Program Results

Program Results (g07dafe.r)