Integrating to get volume under bivariate normal distribution
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Hi there, I have 2 gaussian random variables which together form a bivariate normal distribution. Let's call them A and B. Say I did this:
AB = [A,B]; %A and B are gaussian distributed RV's
AB_mean = mean(AB);
AB_std = std(AB);
AB_var = var(AB);
AB_covar = cov(AB);
I can create and plot the multivariate normal distribution as follows:
xsteps = linspace(-5e-3,5e-3, 1000);
ysteps = xsteps;
[X,Y] = meshgrid(xsteps,ysteps);
F = mvnpdf([X(:) Y(:)],AB_mean,AB_covar);
F = reshape(F,length(ysteps),length(xsteps));
figure(53); s = surf(xsteps,ysteps,Fnorm, 'FaceAlpha',0.5); s.EdgeColor = 'none';
xlabel('x'); ylabel('y'); zlabel('Probability Density');
How do I integrate this distribution in 2d to get the volume under some portion of the surface? I haven't been able to find a way which works. Note what I really want is to integrate over the pdf in polar coordinates. I tried doing this (using the cartesian definition of the pdf from http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BivariateNormalDistribution.html):
AB_mean = mean(AB); mu1 = AB_mean(1); mu2 = AB_mean(2);
AB_std = std(AB); sigma1 = AB_std(1); sigma2 = AB_std(2);
AB_var = var(AB); var1 = AB_var(1); var2 = AB_var(2);
AB_covar = cov(AB);
rmax = 2e-3;
fun = @(x,y) (1/(2*pi*sigma1*sigma2*sqrt(1-rho^2)))...
.*exp((-1/(2*(1-rho^2)))*(((x-mu1)/var1).^2+((y-mu2)/var2).^2-((2*rho*(x-mu1).*(y-mu2))/(sigma1*sigma2))));
polarfun = @(theta,r) fun(r.*cos(theta),r.*sin(theta)).*r;
q = integral2(polarfun,0,2*pi,0,rmax);
But this always gives me zero, even if I make r very large, and I can't figure out what is wrong. If things were working, I would expect to get 1 for very large r. Please help! I have attached my 2 RV's as a matrix AB.
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