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<h2 class="chapter">22 Histograms</h2>
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<p>This chapter describes functions for creating histograms. Histograms
provide a convenient way of summarizing the distribution of a set of
data. A histogram consists of a set of <em>bins</em> which count the number
of events falling into a given range of a continuous variable <em>x</em>.
In GSL the bins of a histogram contain floating-point numbers, so they
can be used to record both integer and non-integer distributions. The
bins can use arbitrary sets of ranges (uniformly spaced bins are the
default). Both one and two-dimensional histograms are supported.
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<p>Once a histogram has been created it can also be converted into a
probability distribution function. The library provides efficient
routines for selecting random samples from probability distributions.
This can be useful for generating simulations based on real data.
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<p>The functions are declared in the header files <samp>gsl_histogram.h</samp>
and <samp>gsl_histogram2d.h</samp>.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Histogram-allocation.html#Histogram-allocation" accesskey="2">Histogram allocation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Copying-Histograms.html#Copying-Histograms" accesskey="3">Copying Histograms</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Updating-and-accessing-histogram-elements.html#Updating-and-accessing-histogram-elements" accesskey="4">Updating and accessing histogram elements</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Searching-histogram-ranges.html#Searching-histogram-ranges" accesskey="5">Searching histogram ranges</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Histogram-Statistics.html#Histogram-Statistics" accesskey="6">Histogram Statistics</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="The-histogram-probability-distribution-struct.html#The-histogram-probability-distribution-struct">The histogram probability distribution struct</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Searching-2D-histogram-ranges.html#Searching-2D-histogram-ranges">Searching 2D histogram ranges</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="2D-Histogram-Statistics.html#g_t2D-Histogram-Statistics">2D Histogram Statistics</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="2D-Histogram-Operations.html#g_t2D-Histogram-Operations">2D Histogram Operations</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Reading-and-writing-2D-histograms.html#Reading-and-writing-2D-histograms">Reading and writing 2D histograms</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Resampling-from-2D-histograms.html#Resampling-from-2D-histograms">Resampling from 2D histograms</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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