BenfordsLawLibrary "BenfordsLaw"
Methods to deal with Benford's law which states that a distribution of first and higher order digits
of numerical strings has a characteristic pattern.
"Benford's law is an observation about the leading digits of the numbers found in real-world data sets.
Intuitively, one might expect that the leading digits of these numbers would be uniformly distributed so that
each of the digits from 1 to 9 is equally likely to appear. In fact, it is often the case that 1 occurs more
frequently than 2, 2 more frequently than 3, and so on. This observation is a simplified version of Benford's law.
More precisely, the law gives a prediction of the frequency of leading digits using base-10 logarithms that
predicts specific frequencies which decrease as the digits increase from 1 to 9." ~(2)
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reference:
- 1: en.wikipedia.org
- 2: brilliant.org
- 4: github.com
cumsum_difference(a, b)
Calculate the cumulative sum difference of two arrays of same size.
Parameters:
a (float ) : `array` List of values.
b (float ) : `array` List of values.
Returns: List with CumSum Difference between arrays.
fractional_int(number)
Transform a floating number including its fractional part to integer form ex:. `1.2345 -> 12345`.
Parameters:
number (float) : `float` The number to transform.
Returns: Transformed number.
split_to_digits(number, reverse)
Transforms a integer number into a list of its digits.
Parameters:
number (int) : `int` Number to transform.
reverse (bool) : `bool` `default=true`, Reverse the order of the digits, if true, last will be first.
Returns: Transformed number digits list.
digit_in(number, digit)
Digit at index.
Parameters:
number (int) : `int` Number to parse.
digit (int) : `int` `default=0`, Index of digit.
Returns: Digit found at the index.
digits_from(data, dindex)
Process a list of `int` values and get the list of digits.
Parameters:
data (int ) : `array` List of numbers.
dindex (int) : `int` `default=0`, Index of digit.
Returns: List of digits at the index.
digit_counters(digits)
Score digits.
Parameters:
digits (int ) : `array` List of digits.
Returns: List of counters per digit (1-9).
digit_distribution(counters)
Calculates the frequency distribution based on counters provided.
Parameters:
counters (int ) : `array` List of counters, must have size(9).
Returns: Distribution of the frequency of the digits.
digit_p(digit)
Expected probability for digit according to Benford.
Parameters:
digit (int) : `int` Digit number reference in range `1 -> 9`.
Returns: Probability of digit according to Benford's law.
benfords_distribution()
Calculated Expected distribution per digit according to Benford's Law.
Returns: List with the expected distribution.
benfords_distribution_aprox()
Aproximate Expected distribution per digit according to Benford's Law.
Returns: List with the expected distribution.
test_benfords(digits, calculate_benfords)
Tests Benford's Law on provided list of digits.
Parameters:
digits (int ) : `array` List of digits.
calculate_benfords (bool)
Returns: Tuple with:
- Counters: Score of each digit.
- Sample distribution: Frequency for each digit.
- Expected distribution: Expected frequency according to Benford's.
- Cumulative Sum of difference:
to_table(digits, _text_color, _border_color, _frame_color)
Parameters:
digits (int )
_text_color (color)
_border_color (color)
_frame_color (color)
