weightedMedian: Weighted Median

In robcp: Robust Change-Point Tests

Weighted Median

Description

Computes the weighted median of a numeric vector.

Usage

weightedMedian(x, w)

Arguments

x	Numeric vector.
w	Integer vector of weights.

Details

Here, the median of an even length n of x is defined as x_{(n/2 + 1)} if x_{(i)} is the i-th largest element in x, i.e. the larger value is taken.

Value

Weighted median of x with respect to w.

Examples

x <- c(1, 4, 9)
w <- c(5, 1, 1)
weightedMedian(x, w)

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