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Re: Fwd: qfunc/qfuncinv implementation in communications package


From: Julien Bect
Subject: Re: Fwd: qfunc/qfuncinv implementation in communications package
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:49:49 -0800 (PST)

On 24/01/13 19:26, Richardson, Anthony wrote:
> The function qfunc() in the communications package is currently
> implemented as:
> y = 1-normcdf(x);

It should be normcdf(-x) instead. This is what I get under Octave 3.6.2 :

octave:9> 1 - normcdf(7)
ans =  1.27986510278788e-12

octave:10> normcdf(-7)
ans =  1.27981254388584e-12

octave:11> 1 - normcdf(18)
ans = 0

octave:12> normcdf(-18)
ans =  9.74094891893730e-73

Best regards,
Julien.




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