asa066

asa066, a Python code which computes the cumulative density function (CDF) of the standard normal distribution, by David Hill.

This is a version of Applied Statistics Algorithm 66.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

asa066 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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Author:

Original Fortran77 version by David Hill; Python version by John Burkardt.

Reference:

1. AG Adams,
   Algorithm 39: Areas Under the Normal Curve,
   Computer Journal,
   Volume 12, Number 2, May 1969, pages 197-198.
2. John Hart, Ward Cheney, Charles Lawson, Hans Maehly, Charles Mesztenyi, John Rice, Henry Thacher, Christoph Witzgall,
   Computer Approximations,
   Wiley, 1968,
   LC: QA297.C64.
3. David Hill,
   Algorithm AS 66: The Normal Integral,
   Applied Statistics,
   Volume 22, Number 3, 1973, pages 424-427.

Source Code:

• asa066.py, the source code.
• asa066.sh, runs all the tests.
• asa066.txt, the output file.