Class: Bullshit::Analysis

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/bullshit.rb

Overview

This class is used to analyse the time measurements and compute their statistics.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(measurements) ⇒ Analysis

Returns a new instance of Analysis.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1047

def initialize(measurements)
  @measurements = measurements
  @measurements.freeze
end

Instance Attribute Details

#measurementsObject (readonly)

Returns the array of measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1053

def measurements
  @measurements
end

Instance Method Details

#arithmetic_meanObject Also known as: mean

Returns the arithmetic mean of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1104

def arithmetic_mean
  @arithmetic_mean ||= sum / size
end

#autocorrelationObject

Returns the array of autocorrelation values c_k / c_0 (of length size - 1).



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1276

def autocorrelation
  c = autovariance
  Array.new(c.size) { |k| c[k] / c[0] }
end

#autovarianceObject

Returns the array of autovariances (of length size - 1).



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1264

def autovariance
  Array.new(size - 1) do |k|
    s = 0.0
    0.upto(size - k - 1) do |i|
      s += (@measurements[i] - arithmetic_mean) * (@measurements[i + k] - arithmetic_mean)
    end
    s / size
  end
end

#common_standard_deviation(other) ⇒ Object

Returns an estimation of the common standard deviation of the measurements of this and other.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1206

def common_standard_deviation(other)
  Math.sqrt(common_variance(other))
end

#common_variance(other) ⇒ Object

Returns an estimation of the common variance of the measurements of this and other.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1212

def common_variance(other)
  (size - 1) * sample_variance + (other.size - 1) * other.sample_variance /
    (size + other.size - 2)
end

#compute_student_df(other) ⇒ Object

Compute the # degrees of freedom for Student’s t-test.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1218

def compute_student_df(other)
  size + other.size - 2
end

#compute_welch_df(other) ⇒ Object

Use an approximation of the Welch-Satterthwaite equation to compute the degrees of freedom for Welch’s t-test.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1187

def compute_welch_df(other)
  (sample_variance / size + other.sample_variance / other.size) ** 2 / (
    (sample_variance ** 2 / (size ** 2 * (size - 1))) +
    (other.sample_variance ** 2 / (other.size ** 2 * (other.size - 1))))
end

#confidence_interval(alpha = 0.05) ⇒ Object

Return the confidence interval for the arithmetic mean with alpha level alpha of the measurements of this Analysis instance as a Range object.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1256

def confidence_interval(alpha = 0.05)
  td = TDistribution.new(size - 1)
  t = td.inverse_probability(alpha / 2).abs
  delta = t * sample_standard_deviation / Math.sqrt(size)
  (arithmetic_mean - delta)..(arithmetic_mean + delta)
end

#cover?(other, alpha = 0.05) ⇒ Boolean

Return true, if the Analysis instance covers the other, that is their arithmetic mean value is most likely to be equal for the alpha error level.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1248

def cover?(other, alpha = 0.05)
  t = t_welch(other)
  td = TDistribution.new(compute_welch_df(other))
  t.abs < td.inverse_probability(1 - alpha.abs / 2.0)
end

#detect_autocorrelation(lags = 20, alpha_level = 0.05) ⇒ Object

This method tries to detect autocorrelation with the Ljung-Box statistic. If enough lags can be considered it returns a hash with results, otherwise nil is returned. The keys are

:lags: the number of lags,
:alpha_level: the alpha level for the test,
:q: the value of the ljung_box_statistic,
:p: the p-value computed, if p is higher than alpha no correlation was detected,
:detected: true if a correlation was found.


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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1309

def detect_autocorrelation(lags = 20, alpha_level = 0.05)
  if q = ljung_box_statistic(lags)
    p = ChiSquareDistribution.new(lags).probability(q)
    return {
      :lags         => lags,
      :alpha_level  => alpha_level,
      :q            => q,
      :p            => p,
      :detected     => p >= 1 - alpha_level,
    }
  end
end

#detect_outliers(factor = 3.0, epsilon = 1E-5) ⇒ Object

Return a result hash with the number of :very_low, :low, :high, and :very_high outliers, determined by the box plotting algorithm run with :median and :iqr parameters. If no outliers were found or the iqr is less than epsilon, nil is returned.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1326

def detect_outliers(factor = 3.0, epsilon = 1E-5)
  half_factor = factor / 2.0
  quartile1 = percentile(25)
  quartile3 = percentile(75)
  iqr = quartile3 - quartile1
  iqr < epsilon and return
  result = @measurements.inject(Hash.new(0)) do |h, t|
    extreme =
      case t
      when -Infinity..(quartile1 - factor * iqr)
        :very_low
      when (quartile1 - factor * iqr)..(quartile1 - half_factor * iqr)
        :low
      when (quartile1 + half_factor * iqr)..(quartile3 + factor * iqr)
        :high
      when (quartile3 + factor * iqr)..Infinity
        :very_high
      end and h[extreme] += 1
    h
  end
  unless result.empty?
    result[:median] = median
    result[:iqr] = iqr
    result[:factor] = factor
    result
  end
end

#durbin_watson_statisticObject

Returns the d-value for the Durbin-Watson statistic. The value is d << 2 for positive, d >> 2 for negative and d around 2 for no autocorrelation.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1283

def durbin_watson_statistic
  e = linear_regression.residues
  e.size <= 1 and return 2.0
  (1...e.size).inject(0.0) { |s, i| s + (e[i] - e[i - 1]) ** 2 } /
    e.inject(0.0) { |s, x| s + x ** 2 }
end

#geometric_meanObject

Returns the geometric mean of the measurements. If any of the measurements is less than 0.0, this method returns NaN.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1127

def geometric_mean
  @geometric_mean ||= (
    sum = @measurements.inject(0.0) { |s, t|
      case
      when t > 0
        s + Math.log(t)
      when t == 0
        break :null
      else
        break nil
      end
    }
    case sum
    when :null
      0.0
    when Float
      Math.exp(sum / size)
    else
      0 / 0.0
    end
  )
end

#harmonic_meanObject

Returns the harmonic mean of the measurements. If any of the measurements is less than or equal to 0.0, this method returns NaN.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1112

def harmonic_mean
  @harmonic_mean ||= (
    sum = @measurements.inject(0.0) { |s, t|
      if t > 0
        s + 1.0 / t
      else
        break nil
      end
    }
    sum ? size / sum : 0 / 0.0
  )
end

#histogram(bins) ⇒ Object

Returns a Histogram instance with bins as the number of bins for this analysis’ measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1362

def histogram(bins)
  Histogram.new(self, bins)
end

#linear_regressionObject

Returns the LinearRegression object for the equation a * x + b which represents the line computed by the linear regression algorithm.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1356

def linear_regression
  @linear_regression ||= LinearRegression.new @measurements
end

#ljung_box_statistic(lags = 20) ⇒ Object

Returns the q value of the Ljung-Box statistic for the number of lags lags. A higher value might indicate autocorrelation in the measurements of this Analysis instance. This method returns nil if there weren’t enough (at least lags) lags available.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1294

def ljung_box_statistic(lags = 20)
  r = autocorrelation
  lags >= r.size and return
  n = size
  n * (n + 2) * (1..lags).inject(0.0) { |s, i| s + r[i] ** 2 / (n - i) }
end

#maxObject

Returns the maximum of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1156

def max
  @max ||= @measurements.max
end

#minObject

Returns the minimum of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1151

def min
  @min ||= @measurements.min
end

#percentile(p = 50) ⇒ Object Also known as: median

Returns the p-percentile of the measurements. There are many methods to compute the percentile, this method uses the the weighted average at x_(n + 1)p, which allows p to be in 0…100 (excluding the 100).



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1164

def percentile(p = 50)
  (0...100).include?(p) or
    raise ArgumentError, "p = #{p}, but has to be in (0...100)"
  p /= 100.0
  @sorted ||= @measurements.sort
  r = p * (@sorted.size + 1)
  r_i = r.to_i
  r_f = r - r_i
  if r_i >= 1
    result = @sorted[r_i - 1]
    if r_i < @sorted.size
      result += r_f * (@sorted[r_i] - @sorted[r_i - 1])
    end
  else
    result = @sorted[0]
  end
  result
end

#sample_standard_deviationObject

Returns the sample standard deviation of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1088

def sample_standard_deviation
  @sample_standard_deviation ||= Math.sqrt(sample_variance)
end

#sample_standard_deviation_percentageObject

Returns the sample standard deviation of the measurements in percentage of the arithmetic mean.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1094

def sample_standard_deviation_percentage
  @sample_standard_deviation_percentage ||= 100.0 * sample_standard_deviation / arithmetic_mean
end

#sample_varianceObject

Returns the sample_variance of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1066

def sample_variance
  @sample_variance ||= size > 1 ? sum_of_squares / (size - 1.0) : 0.0
end

#sizeObject

Returns the number of measurements, on which the analysis is based.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1056

def size
  @measurements.size
end

#standard_deviationObject

Returns the standard deviation of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1077

def standard_deviation
  @sample_deviation ||= Math.sqrt(variance)
end

#standard_deviation_percentageObject

Returns the standard deviation of the measurements in percentage of the arithmetic mean.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1083

def standard_deviation_percentage
  @standard_deviation_percentage ||= 100.0 * standard_deviation / arithmetic_mean
end

#suggested_sample_size(other, alpha = 0.05, beta = 0.05) ⇒ Object

Compute a sample size, that will more likely yield a mean difference between this instance’s measurements and those of other. Use alpha and beta as levels for the first- and second-order errors.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1235

def suggested_sample_size(other, alpha = 0.05, beta = 0.05)
  alpha, beta = alpha.abs, beta.abs
  signal = arithmetic_mean - other.arithmetic_mean
  df = size + other.size - 2
  pooled_variance_estimate = (sum_of_squares + other.sum_of_squares) / df
  td = TDistribution.new df
  (((td.inverse_probability(alpha) + td.inverse_probability(beta)) *
    Math.sqrt(pooled_variance_estimate)) / signal) ** 2
end

#sumObject

Returns the sum of all measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1099

def sum
  @sum ||= @measurements.inject(0.0) { |s, t| s + t }
end

#sum_of_squaresObject

Returns the sum of squares (the sum of the squared deviations) of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1072

def sum_of_squares
  @sum_of_squares ||= @measurements.inject(0.0) { |s, t| s + (t - arithmetic_mean) ** 2 }
end

#t_student(other) ⇒ Object

Returns the t value of the Student’s t-test between this Analysis instance and the other.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1224

def t_student(other)
  signal = arithmetic_mean - other.arithmetic_mean
  noise = common_standard_deviation(other) *
    Math.sqrt(size ** -1 + size ** -1)
rescue Errno::EDOM
  0.0
end

#t_welch(other) ⇒ Object

Returns the t value of the Welch’s t-test between this Analysis instance and the other.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1195

def t_welch(other)
  signal = arithmetic_mean - other.arithmetic_mean
  noise = Math.sqrt(sample_variance / size +
    other.sample_variance / other.size)
  signal / noise
rescue Errno::EDOM
  0.0
end

#varianceObject

Returns the variance of the measurements.



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# File 'lib/bullshit.rb', line 1061

def variance
  @variance ||= sum_of_squares / size
end