dynare/matlab/smirnov.m

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function [H,prob,d] = smirnov(x1 , x2 , alpha )
% Smirnov test for 2 distributions
% [H,prob,d] = smirnov(x1 , x2 , alpha )
%
% Copyright (C) 2005 Marco Ratto
%
if nargin<3
alpha = 0.05;
end
% empirical cdfs.
bin = [-inf ; sort([x1;x2]) ; inf];
ncount1 = histc (x1 , bin);
ncount2 = histc (x2 , bin);
cum1 = cumsum(ncount1)./sum(ncount1);
cum2 = cumsum(ncount2)./sum(ncount2);
cum1 = cum1(1:end-1);
cum2 = cum2(1:end-1);
n1 = length(x1);
n2 = length(x2);
n = n1 * n2 /(n1 + n2);
% Compute the d(n1,n2) statistic.
d = max(abs(cum1 - cum2));
%
% Compute P-value check H0 hypothesis
%
lam = max((sqrt(n) + 0.12 + 0.11/sqrt(n)) * d , 0);
j = [1:101]';
prob = 2 * sum((-1).^(j-1).*exp(-2*lam*lam*j.^2));
if prob < 0 , prob = 0; end
if prob > 1 , prob = 1; end
H = (alpha >= prob);