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+## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} poissinv (@var{x}, @var{lambda})
+## For each element of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the inverse of
+## the CDF) at @var{x} of the Poisson distribution with parameter
+## @var{lambda}.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Quantile function of the Poisson distribution
+
+function inv = poissinv (x, lambda)
+
+ if (nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (lambda))
+ [retval, x, lambda] = common_size (x, lambda);
+ if (retval > 0)
+ error ("poissinv: X and LAMBDA must be of common size or scalars");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (iscomplex (x) || iscomplex (lambda))
+ error ("poissinv: X and LAMBDA must not be complex");
+ endif
+
+ if (isa (x, "single") || isa (lambda, "single"))
+ inv = zeros (size (x), "single");
+ else
+ inv = zeros (size (x));
+ endif
+
+ k = (x < 0) | (x > 1) | isnan (x) | !(lambda > 0);
+ inv(k) = NaN;
+
+ k = (x == 1) & (lambda > 0);
+ inv(k) = Inf;
+
+ k = find ((x > 0) & (x < 1) & (lambda > 0));
+ if (isscalar (lambda))
+ cdf = exp (-lambda) * ones (size (k));
+ else
+ cdf = exp (-lambda(k));
+ endif
+
+ while (1)
+ m = find (cdf < x(k));
+ if (any (m))
+ inv(k(m)) += 1;
+ if (isscalar (lambda))
+ cdf(m) = cdf(m) + poisspdf (inv(k(m)), lambda);
+ else
+ cdf(m) = cdf(m) + poisspdf (inv(k(m)), lambda(k(m)));
+ endif
+ else
+ break;
+ endif
+ endwhile
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!shared x
+%! x = [-1 0 0.5 1 2];
+%!assert(poissinv (x, ones(1,5)), [NaN 0 1 Inf NaN]);
+%!assert(poissinv (x, 1), [NaN 0 1 Inf NaN]);
+%!assert(poissinv (x, [1 0 NaN 1 1]), [NaN NaN NaN Inf NaN]);
+%!assert(poissinv ([x(1:2) NaN x(4:5)], 1), [NaN 0 NaN Inf NaN]);
+
+%% Test class of input preserved
+%!assert(poissinv ([x, NaN], 1), [NaN 0 1 Inf NaN NaN]);
+%!assert(poissinv (single([x, NaN]), 1), single([NaN 0 1 Inf NaN NaN]));
+%!assert(poissinv ([x, NaN], single(1)), single([NaN 0 1 Inf NaN NaN]));
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error poissinv ()
+%!error poissinv (1)
+%!error poissinv (1,2,3)
+%!error poissinv (ones(3),ones(2))
+%!error poissinv (ones(2),ones(3))
+%!error poissinv (i, 2)
+%!error poissinv (2, i)
+