function cdf = english_sentence_length_cdf ( x ) %*****************************************************************************80 % %% ENGLISH_SENTENCE_LENGTH_CDF evaluates the English Sentence Length CDF. % % Licensing: % % This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license. % % Modified: % % 02 August 2006 % % Author: % % John Burkardt % % Reference: % % Henry Kucera, Winthrop Francis, % Computational Analysis of Present-Day American English, % Brown University Press, 1967. % % Parameters: % % Input, integer X, the word length whose CDF is desired. % % Output, real CDF, the value of the CDF. % word_length_max = 79; pdf_vec = [ ... 0.00806, ... 0.01370, ... 0.01862, ... 0.02547, ... 0.03043, ... 0.03189, ... 0.03516, ... 0.03545, ... 0.03286, ... 0.03533, ... 0.03562, ... 0.03788, ... 0.03669, ... 0.03751, ... 0.03518, ... 0.03541, ... 0.03434, ... 0.03305, ... 0.03329, ... 0.03103, ... 0.02867, ... 0.02724, ... 0.02647, ... 0.02526, ... 0.02086, ... 0.02178, ... 0.02128, ... 0.01801, ... 0.01690, ... 0.01556, ... 0.01512, ... 0.01326, ... 0.01277, ... 0.01062, ... 0.01051, ... 0.00901, ... 0.00838, ... 0.00764, ... 0.00683, ... 0.00589, ... 0.00624, ... 0.00488, ... 0.00477, ... 0.00406, ... 0.00390, ... 0.00350, ... 0.00318, ... 0.00241, ... 0.00224, ... 0.00220, ... 0.00262, ... 0.00207, ... 0.00174, ... 0.00174, ... 0.00128, ... 0.00121, ... 0.00103, ... 0.00117, ... 0.00124, ... 0.00082, ... 0.00088, ... 0.00061, ... 0.00061, ... 0.00075, ... 0.00063, ... 0.00056, ... 0.00052, ... 0.00057, ... 0.00031, ... 0.00029, ... 0.00021, ... 0.00017, ... 0.00021, ... 0.00034, ... 0.00031, ... 0.00011, ... 0.00011, ... 0.00008, ... 0.00006 ]; pdf_sum = 0.99768; if ( x < 1 ) cdf = 0.0; elseif ( x < word_length_max ) cdf = sum ( pdf_vec(1:x) ) / pdf_sum; elseif ( word_length_max <= x ) cdf = 1.0; end return end