Hello, everyone, I have a question about integration of product of two densities. Here is the sample code; however the mean of first density is a function of another random variable, which is to be integrated. ## f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, mean=0.6, sd=0.15)} integrate(f, lower=-Inf, upper=Inf) ## error message Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : mean and sigma have non-conforming size I think it's because the mean in dmvnorm is a function of x.... is there any package or function to handle this question ? Thanks for any help! Carrie [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
The main problem is that your function is not vectorized. Here is one solution:> require(mvtnorm)> f=function(x){ sapply(x, function(y) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75,0.75/y))*dnorm(y, mean=0.6, sd=0.15)}) }> integrate(f, lower=-Inf, upper=Inf)0.1314427 with absolute error < 4e-05>Hope this helps, Ravi. -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Carrie Li Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:06 PM To: r-help Subject: [R] integrate dmvtnorm Hello, everyone, I have a question about integration of product of two densities. Here is the sample code; however the mean of first density is a function of another random variable, which is to be integrated. ## f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, mean=0.6, sd=0.15)} integrate(f, lower=-Inf, upper=Inf) ## error message Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : mean and sigma have non-conforming size I think it's because the mean in dmvnorm is a function of x.... is there any package or function to handle this question ? Thanks for any help! Carrie [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
No something else is going on here .... f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, mean=0.6, sd=0.15)}> f(1)[1] 0.01194131> x<-seq(-2,2,.15) > f(x)Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : mean and sigma have non-conforming size But ...> sapply(x,f)[1] 1.205791e-66 2.377822e-59 1.712003e-52 4.488794e-46 4.269526e-40 [6] 1.464321e-34 1.793031e-29 7.702766e-25 1.122712e-20 5.165600e-17 [11] 6.242351e-14 1.074366e-11 8.904914e-12 2.165575e-59 2.892453e-13 [16] 2.446326e-03 9.655456e-02 3.377855e-01 3.230318e-01 1.040144e-01 [21] 1.194131e-02 4.984067e-04 7.620137e-06 4.281072e-08 8.849889e-11 [26] 6.735400e-14 1.887638e-17 suggesting the solution: vf<-Vectorize(f)> integrate(vf,lower=-Inf, upper=Inf)0.1314427 with absolute error < 4e-05 Christos> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:05:53 -0400 > From: carrieandstat@gmail.com > To: R-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] integrate dmvtnorm > > Hello, everyone, > > I have a question about integration of product of two densities. > Here is the sample code; however the mean of first density is a function of > another random variable, which is to be integrated. > > ## > f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, mean=0.6, > sd=0.15)} > integrate(f, lower=-Inf, upper=Inf) > > ## error message > Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : > mean and sigma have non-conforming size > > I think it's because the mean in dmvnorm is a function of x.... > > is there any package or function to handle this question ? > > Thanks for any help! > > Carrie > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code._________________________________________________________________ [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Thanks! Both suggestions are very helpful. One more question: Can I use Vectorize to solve double integration question ? Now that f=function(x, y) {dnorm(y, mean= 0.75/x)*dnorm(x, mean=0.6, sd=0.15)} And I want to integrate x first,then y. Ravi used sapply, which is good, but it seems to be that Vectorize is easier. Thanks for help. I appreciated Carrie 2010/6/23 Christos Argyropoulos <argchris@hotmail.com>> No something else is going on here .... > > > f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, > mean=0.6, > sd=0.15)} > > > f(1) > [1] 0.01194131 > > > x<-seq(-2,2,.15) > > f(x) > > Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : > mean and sigma have non-conforming size > > But ... > > > sapply(x,f) > [1] 1.205791e-66 2.377822e-59 1.712003e-52 4.488794e-46 4.269526e-40 > [6] 1.464321e-34 1.793031e-29 7.702766e-25 1.122712e-20 5.165600e-17 > [11] 6.242351e-14 1.074366e-11 8.904914e-12 2.165575e-59 2.892453e-13 > [16] 2.446326e-03 9.655456e-02 3.377855e-01 3.230318e-01 1.040144e-01 > [21] 1.194131e-02 4.984067e-04 7.620137e-06 4.281072e-08 8.849889e-11 > [26] 6.735400e-14 1.887638e-17 > > > suggesting the solution: > > vf<-Vectorize(f) > > > integrate(vf,lower=-Inf, upper=Inf) > > 0.1314427 with absolute error < 4e-05 > > > Christos > > > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:05:53 -0400 > > From: carrieandstat@gmail.com > > To: R-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] integrate dmvtnorm > > > > > Hello, everyone, > > > > I have a question about integration of product of two densities. > > Here is the sample code; however the mean of first density is a function > of > > another random variable, which is to be integrated. > > > > ## > > f=function(x) {dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean=c(0.75, 0.75/x))*dnorm(x, > mean=0.6, > > sd=0.15)} > > integrate(f, lower=-Inf, upper=Inf) > > > > ## error message > > Error in dmvnorm(c(0.6, 0.8), mean = c(0.75, 0.75/x)) : > > mean and sigma have non-conforming size > > > > I think it's because the mean in dmvnorm is a function of x.... > > > > is there any package or function to handle this question ? > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > Carrie > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]