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+#
+# NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
+# Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation;
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Author: Alina Quereilhac <alina.quereilhac@inria.fr>
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import math
+import numpy
+from scipy import stats
+
+def compute_mean(sample):
+ # TODO: Discard outliers !!!!
+
+ if not sample:
+ print(" CANNOT COMPUTE STATS for ", sample)
+ return (0, 0, 0, 0)
+
+ x = numpy.array(sample)
+
+ # sample mean and standard deviation
+ n, min_max, mean, var, skew, kurt = stats.describe(x)
+ std = math.sqrt(var)
+
+ # for the population mean and std ...
+ # mean = x.mean()
+ # std = x.std()
+
+ # Calculate confidence interval t-distribution
+ ## BUG: Use quantil of NORMAL distribution, not t-student quantil distribution
+ ci = stats.t.interval(0.95, n-1, loc = mean, scale = std/math.sqrt(n))
+
+ return (mean, std, ci[0], ci[1])
+