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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} normal_cdf (@var{x}, @var{m}, @var{v})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the cumulative distribution
## function (CDF) at @var{x} of the normal distribution with mean
## @var{m} and variance @var{v}.
##
## Default values are @var{m} = 0, @var{v} = 1.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: TT <Teresa.Twaroch@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: CDF of the normal distribution

function cdf = normal_cdf (x, m, v)

  if (! ((nargin == 1) || (nargin == 3)))
    usage ("normal_cdf (x, m, v)");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    m = 0;
    v = 1;
  endif

  [retval, x, m, v] = common_size (x, m, v);
  if (retval > 0)
    error ("normal_cdf: x, m and v must be of common size or scalars");
  endif

  [r, c] = size (x);
  s = r * c;
  x = reshape (x, 1, s);
  m = reshape (m, 1, s);
  v = reshape (v, 1, s);
  cdf = zeros (1, s);

  k = find (isinf (m) | isnan (m) | !(v >= 0) | !(v < Inf));
  if (any (k))
    cdf(k) = NaN * ones (1, length (k));
  endif

  k = find (!isinf (m) & !isnan (m) & (v > 0) & (v < Inf));
  if (any (k))
    cdf(k) = stdnormal_cdf ((x(k) - m(k)) ./ sqrt (v(k)));
  endif

  cdf = reshape (cdf, r, c);

endfunction