Evaluates the bivariate normal distribution function.
Synopsis
#include <imsl.h>
float imsl_f_bivariate_normal_cdf (float x, float y, float rho)
The type double function is imsl_d_bivariate_normal_cdf.
Required Arguments
float x
(Input)
The x-coordinate of the point for which the bivariate normal
distribution function is to be evaluated.
float y
(Input)
The y-coordinate of the point for which the bivariate normal
distribution function is to be evaluated.
float rho
(Input)
Correlation coefficient.
Return Value
The probability that a bivariate normal random variable with correlation rho takes a value less than or equal to x and less than or equal to y.
Description
Function imsl_f_bivariate_normal_cdf evaluates the distribution function F of a bivariate normal distribution with means of zero, variances of one, and correlation of rho; that is, with r = rho, and |r| < 1,
To determine the probability that U £ u0 and V £ v0, where (U, V)T is a bivariate normal random variable with mean m = (mU, mV)T and variance-covariance matrix
transform (U, V)T to a vector with zero means and
unit variances. The input
to imsl_f_bivariate_normal_cdf
would be
X =
(u0 - mU)/sU, Y =
(v0 - mV)/sV, and r = sUV/(sUsV).
Function imsl_f_bivariate_normal_cdf uses the method of Owen (1962, 1965). Computation of Owen’s T-function is based on code by M. Patefield and D. Tandy (2000). For |r| = 1, the distribution function is computed based on the univariate statistic, Z = min(x, y), and on the normal distribution function imsl_f_normal_cdf, which can be found in Chapter 11 of the IMSL C Numerical Stat Library, “Probablility Distribution Functions and Inverses.”
Example
Suppose (X, Y) is a bivariate normal random variable with mean (0, 0) and variance-covariance matrix
This example finds the probability that X is less than −2.0 and Y is less than 0.0.
#include
<imsl.h>
main()
{
float p, rho, x,
y;
x = -2.0;
y =
0.0;
rho = 0.9;
p =
imsl_f_bivariate_normal_cdf(x, y, rho);
printf(" The
probability that X is less than
-2.0"
" and Y is less than 0.0 is %6.4f\n",
p);
}
Output
The probability that X is less than -2.0 and Y is less than 0.0 is 0.0228
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