beta_nc


beta_nc, a C++ code which evaluates the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the noncentral Beta distribution.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

beta_nc is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Reference:

  1. Harry Posten,
    An Effective Algorithm for the Noncentral Beta Distribution Function,
    The American Statistician,
    Volume 47, Number 2, May 1993, pages 129-131.

Source Code:


Last revised on 07 February 2020.