ZScoreCalculator.h

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#ifndef SCIMATH_ZSCORECALCULATOR_H
#define SCIMATH_ZSCORECALCULATOR_H

#include <casacore/casa/aips.h>

#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <math.h>

namespace casacore {

class Mutex;

// This class contains static methods related to z-scores. A z-score is the
// number of standard deviations from the mean in a normal distribution.

class ZScoreCalculator {
public:

    ZScoreCalculator() = delete;

    // compute the maximum expected zscore given the number of points
    // in a sample.
    static Double getMaxZScore(uInt64 npts);

    // Get the minimum number of points in a Gaussian distribution, such that
    // the probability that the maximum of the distribution having the specified
    // zscore is 0.5. <src>zscore</src> should be non-negative.
    static inline uInt64 zscoreToNpts(Double zscore) {
        return (uInt64)(0.5/erfc(zscore/sqrt(2)));
    }

private:
    static std::map<uInt64, Double> _nptsToMaxZScore;
    static Mutex _mutex;

};

}

#endif