[R] How to calculate the distance between two density functions

[David Winsemius]

A similar question was posed and answered:

http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/119793.html

Two aspects needed to be addressed ... specifying the same domain, and  
getting the x-values to "line up" prior to the subtraction (or  
whatever function is desired).

What are you going to do when the two functions cross?

  d1 <- dnorm(seq(-2,2,by=.1))
  d2 <- dnorm(seq(-2,2,by=.1), mean=2)
  plot(seq(-2,2,by=.1),d1)
  lines(seq(-2,2,by=.1),d2)

---- or----

  d4 <- dnorm(seq(-4,4,by=.1))
  d5 <- dnorm(seq(-4,4,by=.1), sd=5)
  plot(seq(-4,4,by=.1),d4)
  lines(seq(-4,4,by=.1),d5)

-- 
David Winsemius
On Dec 5, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Chang Jia-Ming wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>  I wrote the following code to calculate the density functions for  
> two data
> sets, respectively.
>
>  den_str <-density(str_data$Similarity);
>  den_non_str <-density(nonstr_data$Similarity);
>
>  However, I would like to knowing the difference between den_str and
> den_non_str, that is, the difference between the region under the  
> curve of
> the den_str and the region under the curve of the den_non_str.
>
> How to do?
>
> Thank you for help.
>
> Jia-Ming
>
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