staircase.Stairs.get_integral_and_mean

Stairs.get_integral_and_mean(lower=-inf, upper=inf)

Calculates the integral, and the mean of the step function.

Parameters:
  • lower (int, float or pandas.Timestamp) – lower bound of the interval on which to perform the calculation
  • upper (int, float or pandas.Timestamp) – upper bound of the interval on which to perform the calculation
Returns:

The area and mean are returned as a pair

Return type:

tuple

Examples

>>> s1.plot()
>>> s1.get_integral_and_mean(3, 4.5)
(0.5, 0.3333333333333333)
../_images/staircase-Stairs-get_integral_and_mean-1.png