uniform_specification

 Specification of the uniform density function parameters

 INPUTS
    m:      mean
    s:      standard deviation 
    p3:     lower bound 
    p4:     upper bound

0001 function [m,s,p6,p7] = uniform_specification(m,s,p3,p4)
0002 % Specification of the uniform density function parameters
0003 %
0004 % INPUTS
0005 %    m:      mean
0006 %    s:      standard deviation
0007 %    p3:     lower bound
0008 %    p4:     upper bound
0009 
0010 % OUTPUTS
0011 %    m:      mean
0012 %    s:      standard deviation
0013 %    p1:     lower bound
0014 %    p2:     upper bound
0015 %
0016 % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
0017 %    none
0018 
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0020 %
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0022 %
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0035 
0036 if ~(isnan(p3) || isnan(p4))
0037     p6 = p3;
0038     p7 = p4;
0039     m  = (p3+p4)/2;
0040     s  = (p4-p3)/(sqrt(12));
0041 else
0042     p6 = m-s*sqrt(3);
0043     p7 = m+s*sqrt(3);
0044 end