Working with numbers smaller tha 10^-308
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Hi,
I would like to know if it is possible to use Matlab for very small numbers (smaller than 10^-308 ). It's very important for my application "statistical genetics". in this field, somes probabilities are smaller than 10^-500.
Thank you
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John Doe
le 9 Mai 2013
Ok, then I see where you get the number from, but if you are ending up with a probability that low, it is literally impossible for it to happen. Isn't OK to just let it be equal to 0?
I don't mean to be rude or condescending, I just don't get how it would make sense to keep working with numbers that low.
Anyhow, I hope someone can provide an answer for you, and good luck =)
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Sean de Wolski
le 9 Mai 2013
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le 9 Mai 2013
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Sean de Wolski
le 10 Mai 2013
That's because you're doing the computation as a double and then converting it to vpa(). Convert it to vpa before doing the computation:
for i=400:-1:1
tab(i)=vpa(0.1);
end
v = (prod(tab))
Peter Perkins
le 11 Mai 2013
Quite often in statistics when one has very small probabilities, one works on the log scale. That's why one typically maximizes the LOG-likelihood, and not the likelihood.
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