Java tutorial
/** * Copyright (C) 2009 - present by OpenGamma Inc. and the OpenGamma group of companies * * Please see distribution for license. */ package com.opengamma.analytics.math.statistics.descriptive.robust; import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate; import com.opengamma.analytics.math.function.Function1D; import com.opengamma.analytics.math.statistics.descriptive.MedianCalculator; /** * */ public class SampleMedianAbsoluteDeviationCalculator extends Function1D<double[], Double> { private static final Function1D<double[], Double> MEDIAN = new MedianCalculator(); @Override public Double evaluate(final double[] x) { Validate.notNull(x, "x"); final int n = x.length; Validate.isTrue(n > 1, "Need at least two data points to calculate MAD"); final double median = MEDIAN.evaluate(x); final double[] diff = new double[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { diff[i] = Math.abs(x[i] - median); } return MEDIAN.evaluate(diff); } }