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[project @ 2006-10-10 16:10:25 by jwe]
author jwe
date Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:10:31 +0000
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## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} stdnormal_cdf (@var{x})
## For each component of @var{x}, compute the CDF of the standard normal
## distribution at @var{x}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: CDF of the standard normal distribution

function cdf = stdnormal_cdf (x)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  sz = size (x);
  if (numel(x) == 0)
    error ("stdnormal_cdf: x must not be empty");
  endif

  cdf = (ones (sz) + erf (x / sqrt (2))) / 2;

endfunction