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Subject: cdf of mixture distributions?
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hello all,

is there a generic way to compute the cdf of bimodal distributions,
say, a mixture of gaussians in matlab? example: p*normpdf(10, 5) + (1-
p)*normpdf(10, 6). how can i get the cdf of this result, aside from
brute force binning and summing?

thank yous.