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      ASA111 - Percentage Points of the Normal Distribution
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      ASA111 <br> Percentage Points of the Normal Distribution
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      <b>ASA111</b> 
      is a MATLAB library which 
      computes the percentage points of the normal distribution,
      by Beasley and Springer.
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      <b>ASA111</b> is Applied Statistics Algorithm 111.  Source code for many
      Applied Statistics Algorithms is available through 
      <a href = "http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/apstat">STATLIB</a>. 
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      Licensing:
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      The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page 
      are distributed under
      <a href = "../../txt/gnu_lgpl.txt">the GNU LGPL license.</a>
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      Languages:
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      <b>ASA111</b> is available in
      <a href = "../../c_src/asa111/asa111.html">a C version</a> and
      <a href = "../../cpp_src/asa111/asa111.html">a C++ version</a> and
      <a href = "../../f77_src/asa111/asa111.html">a FORTRAN77 version</a> and
      <a href = "../../f_src/asa111/asa111.html">a FORTRAN90 version</a> and
      <a href = "../../m_src/asa111/asa111.html">a MATLAB version.</a>
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      Related Data and Programs:
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    <p>
      <a href = "../../m_src/asa066/asa066.html">
      ASA066</a>,
      a MATLAB library which
      evaluates the CDF of the normal distribution.
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      <a href = "../../m_src/asa241/asa241.html">
      ASA241</a>,
      a MATLAB library which
      evaluates the percentage points of the Normal distribution.
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      <a href = "../../f_src/dcdflib/dcdflib.html">
      DCDFLIB</a>,
      a FORTRAN90 library which
      evaluates and inverts a number of statistical distributions.
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      <a href = "../../cpp_src/gsl/gsl.html">
      GSL</a>, 
      a C++ library which 
      includes many routines for evaluating
      probability distributions.
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      <a href = "../../m_src/normal/normal.html">
      NORMAL</a>, 
      a MATLAB library which
      samples the normal distribution.
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    <p>
      <a href = "../../m_src/prob/prob.html">
      PROB</a>, 
      a MATLAB library which
      evaluates and inverts a number of probabilistic distributions.
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      <a href = "../../m_src/test_values/test_values.html">
      TEST_VALUES</a>, 
      a MATLAB library which 
      contains sample values for a number of distributions.
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      <a href = "../../m_src/uniform/uniform.html">
      UNIFORM</a>, 
      a MATLAB library which
      samples the uniform distribution.
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      Author:
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      Original FORTRAN77 version by JD Beasley, SG Springer;
      Matlab version by John Burkardt.
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      Reference:
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        <li>
          JD Beasley, SG Springer,<br>
          Algorithm AS 111:
          The Percentage Points of the Normal Distribution,<br>
          Applied Statistics,<br>
          Volume 26, Number 1, 1977, pages 118-121.
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      Source Code:
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          <a href = "normal_01_cdf_values.m">normal_01_cdf_values.m</a>
          returns some values of the Normal 01 CDF.
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          <a href = "ppnd.m">ppnd.m</a>
          produces the normal deviate value corresponding to lower tail area = P.
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        <li>
          <a href = "timestamp.m">timestamp.m</a>
          prints out the current YMDHMS date as a timestamp.
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      Examples and Tests:
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          <a href = "asa111_test.m">asa111_test.m</a>,
          a sample calling program.
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          <a href = "asa111_test01.m">asa111_test01.m</a>,
          tests PPND.
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        <li>
          <a href = "asa111_test_output.txt">asa111_test_output.txt</a>,
          the output file.
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      You can go up one level to <a href = "../m_src.html">
      the MATLAB source codes</a>.
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      Last revised on 21 January 2008.
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