Java Geometric Mean geometricMeanFromLog(double[] logValues)

Description

Calculates the geometric mean of log values.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
logValues	array of values in logarithmic form

Return

geometric mean

Declaration

public static double geometricMeanFromLog(double[] logValues) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Calculates the geometric mean of log values.
     * 
     * The geometric mean of logarithmic values is simply the arithmethic mean converted to non-logarithmic values (exponentiated)
     * 
     * 
     * @param logValues
     *            array of values in logarithmic form
     * @return geometric mean
     */
    public static double geometricMeanFromLog(double[] logValues) {
        double logArithmeticMean = arithmeticMean(logValues);
        double geometricMean = Math.exp(logArithmeticMean);
        return geometricMean;
    }

    /**
     * calculate the arithmetic mean
     * 
     * The arithmetic mean is the sum of all values in the array divided by the total number of values in the array.
     * 
     * @param values
     *            source of data for mean calculation
     * @return arithmetic mean
     */
    public static double arithmeticMean(double[] values) {
        double arithmeticMean;

        int size = values.length;

        double sum = summation(values);

        arithmeticMean = sum / size;

        return arithmeticMean;
    }

    /**
     * @param values
     *            source of data for summation calculation
     * @return the sum of all values within the array
     */
    public static double summation(double[] values) {
        double sum = 0.0;
        int size = values.length;

        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            sum += values[i];
        }

        return sum;
    }
}

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