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OnlineStats is a Julia package for statistical analysis with algorithms that run both online and in parallel. Online algorithms are well suited for streaming data or when data is too large to hold in memory. Observations are processed one at a time and all algorithms use O(1) memory.

Installation

import Pkg
Pkg.add("OnlineStats")

Basics

Every stat is <: OnlineStat{T}

(where T is the type of a single observation)

julia> using OnlineStats

julia> m = Mean()
Mean: n=0 | value=0.0

julia> supertype(Mean)
OnlineStat{Number}

Stats can be updated

julia> y = randn(100);

julia> fit!(m, y)
Mean: n=100 | value=-0.0334456

Stats can be merged

julia> y2 = randn(100);

julia> m2 = fit!(Mean(), y2)
Mean: n=100 | value=-0.0644987

julia> merge!(m, m2)
Mean: n=200 | value=-0.0489722

Stats have a value

julia> value(m)
-0.04897216008106918

Collections of Stats

Series

A Series tracks stats that should be applied to the same data stream.

y = rand(1000)
s = Series(Mean(), Variance())
fit!(s, y)

Series
├─ Mean: n=1000 | value=0.495432
└─ Variance: n=1000 | value=0.0828131

FTSeries

An FTSeries tracks stats that should be applied to the same data stream, but filters and transforms (hence FT) the input data before it is sent to its stats.

s = FTSeries(Mean(), Variance(); filter = x->true, transform = abs)
fit!(s, -y)

FTSeries
├─ Mean: n=1000 | value=0.495432
└─ Variance: n=1000 | value=0.0828131

Group

A Group tracks stats that should be applied to different data streams.

g = Group(Mean(), CountMap(Bool))
itr = zip(randn(100), rand(Bool, 100))
fit!(g, itr)

Group
├─ Mean: n=100 | value=0.00942837
└─ CountMap: n=100 | value=OrderedCollections.OrderedDict{Bool,Int64}(1=>48,0=>52)

Additional Resources

• OnlineStats Demos