scipy.special.btdtria

scipy.special.btdtria(p, b, x, out=None) = <ufunc 'btdtria'>

Inverse of btdtr with respect to a.

This is the inverse of the beta cumulative distribution function, btdtr, considered as a function of a, returning the value of a for which btdtr(a, b, x) = p, or

\[p = \int_0^x \frac{\Gamma(a + b)}{\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)} t^{a-1} (1-t)^{b-1}\,dt\]

Parameters:

parray_like

Cumulative probability, in [0, 1].

barray_like

Shape parameter (b > 0).

xarray_like

The quantile, in [0, 1].

outndarray, optional

Optional output array for the function values

Returns:

ascalar or ndarray

The value of the shape parameter a such that btdtr(a, b, x) = p.

See also

btdtr

Cumulative distribution function of the beta distribution.

btdtri

Inverse with respect to x.

btdtrib

Inverse with respect to b.

Notes

Wrapper for the CDFLIB [1] Fortran routine cdfbet.

The cumulative distribution function p is computed using a routine by DiDinato and Morris [2]. Computation of a involves a search for a value that produces the desired value of p. The search relies on the monotonicity of p with a.

References

[1]

Barry Brown, James Lovato, and Kathy Russell, CDFLIB: Library of Fortran Routines for Cumulative Distribution Functions, Inverses, and Other Parameters.

[2]

DiDinato, A. R. and Morris, A. H., Algorithm 708: Significant Digit Computation of the Incomplete Beta Function Ratios. ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 18 (1993), 360-373.