function mean = power_mean ( a, b )

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%% POWER_MEAN returns the mean of the Power PDF.
%
%  Licensing:
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%    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
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%  Modified:
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%    19 September 2004
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%  Author:
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%    John Burkardt
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%  Parameters:
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%    Input, real A, B, the parameters of the PDF.
%    0.0 < A, 0.0 < B.
%
%    Output, real MEAN, the mean of the PDF.
%
  mean = a * b / ( a + 1.0 );

  return
end