[R] Converting from density to cumulative distribution
jim holtman
jholtman at gmail.com
Thu Apr 21 17:31:50 CEST 2011
?cumsum
> x = c(1,3,2,2,5)
> cumsum(x)
[1] 1 4 6 8 13
>
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Parodi, Pietro
<Pietro.Parodi at willis.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to do the following vector operation:
>
> given vector x = c(x1,x2,x3,x4...xn), produce vector y =
> c(x1,x1+x2,x1+x2+x3,...x1+...+xn).
>
> E.g., from x = c(1,3,2,2,5), produce y = c(1,4,6,8,13).
>
> The underlying problem is finding the cumulative distribution function
> given the empirical density distribution function.
>
> I have done some research on this but the only relevant thing I've found
> is the function "integrate", which however gives me the sum of the whole
> vector not the step-wise sum.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Pietro
>
>
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