function f = betapar(ab, XLO, XUP, PLO, PUP);

% The function takes as inputs the parameters ab=[a, b] of the Beta
% distribution, the bounds of the support [XLO, XUP], the the corresponding
% probability of the bounds [PLO, PUP] and returns the residual value f.
%
% Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Tao Zha
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a = ab(1); b = ab(2);
f1 = PLO - betacdf(XLO, a, b);
f2 = PUP - betacdf(XUP, a, b);
f = [f1, f2];