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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{pval}, @var{ks}, @var{d}] =} kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2 (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{alt})
+## Perform a 2-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of the null hypothesis
+## that the samples @var{x} and @var{y} come from the same (continuous)
+## distribution. I.e., if F and G are the CDFs corresponding to the
+## @var{x} and @var{y} samples, respectively, then the null is that F ==
+## G.
+##
+## With the optional argument string @var{alt}, the alternative of
+## interest can be selected. If @var{alt} is @code{"!="} or
+## @code{"<>"}, the null is tested against the two-sided alternative F
+## != G@. In this case, the test statistic @var{ks} follows a two-sided
+## Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution. If @var{alt} is @code{">"}, the
+## one-sided alternative F > G is considered. Similarly for @code{"<"},
+## the one-sided alternative F < G is considered. In this case, the
+## test statistic @var{ks} has a one-sided Kolmogorov-Smirnov
+## distribution. The default is the two-sided case.
+##
+## The p-value of the test is returned in @var{pval}.
+##
+## The third returned value, @var{d}, is the test statistic, the maximum
+## vertical distance between the two cumulative distribution functions.
+##
+## If no output argument is given, the p-value is displayed.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
+
+function [pval, ks, d] = kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2 (x, y, alt)
+
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! (isvector (x) && isvector (y)))
+ error ("kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2: both X and Y must be vectors");
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 2)
+ alt = "!=";
+ else
+ if (! ischar (alt))
+ error ("kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2: ALT must be a string");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ n_x = length (x);
+ n_y = length (y);
+ n = n_x * n_y / (n_x + n_y);
+ x = reshape (x, n_x, 1);
+ y = reshape (y, n_y, 1);
+ [s, i] = sort ([x; y]);
+ count (find (i <= n_x)) = 1 / n_x;
+ count (find (i > n_x)) = - 1 / n_y;
+
+ z = cumsum (count);
+ ds = diff (s);
+ if (any (ds == 0))
+ ## There are some ties, so keep only those changes.
+ warning ("cannot compute correct p-values with ties");
+ elems = [find(ds); n_x+n_y];
+ z = z(elems);
+ endif
+
+ if (strcmp (alt, "!=") || strcmp (alt, "<>"))
+ d = max (abs (z));
+ ks = sqrt (n) * d;
+ pval = 1 - kolmogorov_smirnov_cdf (ks);
+ elseif (strcmp (alt, ">"))
+ d = max (z);
+ ks = sqrt (n) * d;
+ pval = exp (-2 * ks^2);
+ elseif (strcmp (alt, "<"))
+ d = min (z);
+ ks = -sqrt (n) * d;
+ pval = exp (-2 * ks^2);
+ else
+ error ("kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2: option %s not recognized", alt);
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout == 0)
+ printf (" pval: %g\n", pval);
+ endif
+
+endfunction