betainc - Incomplete beta function

Syntax

Definitions

The incomplete beta function is

where , the beta function, is defined as

and is the gamma function.

Description

I = betainc(X,Z,W) computes the incomplete beta function for corresponding elements of the arrays X, Z, and W. The elements of X must be in the closed interval [0,1]. The arrays Z and W must be nonnegative and real. All arrays must be the same size, or any of them can be scalar.

I = betainc(X,Z,W,tail) specifies the tail of the incomplete beta function. Choices are:

'lower' (the default)	Computes the integral from 0 to x
'upper'	Computes the integral from x to 1

These functions are related as follows:

1-betainc(X,Z,W) = betainc(X,Z,W,'upper')

Note that especially when the upper tail value is close to 0, it is more accurate to use the 'upper' option than to subtract the 'lower' value from 1.

Examples

format long 
betainc(.5,(0:10)',3)

ans =
   1.00000000000000
   0.87500000000000
   0.68750000000000
   0.50000000000000
   0.34375000000000
   0.22656250000000
   0.14453125000000
   0.08984375000000
   0.05468750000000
   0.03271484375000
   0.01928710937500

See Also

beta | betaln

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