File:DKW bounds.svg

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English: This is a representation of the Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality
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Author Bscan
#This code is issued under the Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import stats


def ecdf(x):
    x_sort = np.sort(x)
    y = np.arange(1, len(x_sort)+1)/float(len(x_sort))
    return x_sort, y

def DKW_bounds(y, n, alpha=0.05):
    # Compute Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality
    eps = np.sqrt(0.5 * np.log(2.0/alpha) / n)
    lower = np.maximum(y - eps, 0)
    upper = np.minimum(y + eps, 1)
    return lower, upper

num_samps = 30

x = np.linspace(-4,4, num=500)
y = stats.norm.cdf(x)

x_rand = np.random.randn(num_samps)
x_ecdf, y_ecdf = ecdf(x_rand)

# Ensure the eCDF extends to the edges of the graph for the bounds
x_ecdf, y_ecdf = np.append([-4], x_ecdf), np.append([0], y_ecdf)
x_ecdf, y_ecdf = np.append(x_ecdf, [4]), np.append(y_ecdf, [1])

lower, upper = DKW_bounds(y_ecdf, num_samps)

fig, axes = plt.subplots(figsize=(4,3.2))
axes.plot(x,y, '-g', linewidth=1.5, color='orange')
axes.step(x_ecdf, y_ecdf, 'k-', where='post', linewidth=1.5, color='lightblue')
axes.step(x_ecdf, lower, '-b',  where='post', linewidth=1.5, color='purple')
axes.step(x_ecdf, upper, '-b',  where='post', linewidth=1.5, color='purple')
axes.set_xlim(-3,3)
axes.grid()
axes.set_ylabel('P(x)')
axes.set_xlabel('x')

fig.savefig('DKW_bounds.svg')

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current15:01, 16 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 15:01, 16 April 2018360 × 288 (24 KB)BscanFixed bug where the number of samples was overcounted by 2
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