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38 #include <vppinfra/random.h>
39 
40 /** \file Random number support
41  */
42 
43 /** \brief Default random seed for standalone version of library.
44  Value can be overridden by platform code from e.g.
45  machine's clock count register. */
47 
48 /**
49  * \brief Compute the X2 test statistic for a vector of counts.
50  * Each value element corresponds to a histogram bucket.
51  *
52  * Typical use-case: test the hypothesis that a set of octets
53  * are uniformly distributed (aka random).
54  *
55  * In a 1-dimensional use-case, the result should be compared
56  * with the critical value from chi square tables with
57  * vec_len(values) - 1 degrees of freedom.
58  *
59  * @param[in] values vector of histogram bucket values
60  * @return d - Pearson's X2 test statistic
61  */
62 
63 f64
64 clib_chisquare (u64 * values)
65 {
66  u32 i, len;
67  f64 d, delta_d, actual_frequency, expected_frequency;
68  u64 n_observations = 0;
69 
70  len = vec_len (values);
71  /*
72  * Shut up coverity. Return a huge number which should always exceed
73  * the X2 critical value.
74  */
75  if (len == 0)
76  return (f64) 1e70;
77 
78  for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
79  n_observations += values[i];
80 
81  expected_frequency = (1.0 / (f64) len) * (f64) n_observations;
82 
83  d = 0.0;
84 
85  for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
86  {
87  actual_frequency = ((f64) values[i]);
88  delta_d = ((actual_frequency - expected_frequency)
89  * (actual_frequency - expected_frequency))
90  / expected_frequency;
91  d += delta_d;
92  }
93  return d;
94 }
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Definition: vector_sse2.h:337
unsigned long u64
Definition: types.h:89
unsigned int u32
Definition: types.h:88
u32 standalone_random_default_seed
Default random seed for standalone version of library.
Definition: random.c:46
f64 clib_chisquare(u64 *values)
Compute the X2 test statistic for a vector of counts.
Definition: random.c:64
#define vec_len(v)
Number of elements in vector (rvalue-only, NULL tolerant)
double f64
Definition: types.h:142
Linear Congruential Random Number Generator.