Mean Deviation Over Period

Function Prototype

/* Mean Deviation Over Period */
/* Type: math */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 1    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: md */
int ti_md_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_md(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Mean Deviation Over Period indicator calculates the absolute mean deviation over a period.

It takes one parameter: the period n.

The calculation is as follows:

See Also

• Standard Deviation Over Period

References

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Mean Deviation Over Period */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {5}; /* period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* md */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_md_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* md */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_md(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Mean Deviation Over Period
md = ti.md(input, 5)

Example Calculation

period = 5

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