discint {LearnBayes}R Documentation

Highest probability interval for a discrete distribution

Description

Computes a highest probability interval for a discrete probability distribution

Usage

discint(dist, prob)

Arguments

dist probability distribution written as a matrix where the first column contain the values and the second column the probabilities
prob probability content of interest

Value

prob exact probability content of interval
set set of values of the probability interval

Author(s)

Jim Albert

Examples

x=0:10
probs=dbinom(x,size=10,prob=.3)
dist=cbind(x,probs)
pcontent=.8
discint(dist,pcontent)

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