How to integrate a function that takes several parameters using quad in python ?

Published: February 13, 2019

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It is possible to integrate a function that takes several parameters with quad in python, example of syntax for a function f that takes two arguments: arg1 and arg2:

quad( f, x_min, x_max, args=(arg1,arg2,))

Example of code using quad with a function that takes multiple arguments:

How to integrate a function that takes several parameters using quad in python ?
How to integrate a function that takes several parameters using quad in python ?

from scipy.integrate import quad

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import scipy.stats
import numpy as np


def normal_distribution_function(x,mean,std):
    value = scipy.stats.norm.pdf(x,mean,std)
    return value

x_min = 0.0
x_max = 30.0

mean = 15.0 
std = 4.0


ptx = np.linspace(x_min, x_max, 100)
pty = scipy.stats.norm.pdf(ptx,mean,std)

plt.plot(ptx,pty, color='gray')

plt.fill_between(ptx, pty, color='#e1b1b4', alpha='1.0')

plt.grid()

plt.title('How to integrate a function that takes parameteres in python ?', fontsize=10)
plt.xlabel('x', fontsize=8)
plt.ylabel('Probability Density Function', fontsize=8)

res, err = quad(normal_distribution_function, x_min, x_max, args=(mean,std,))

print(res)

plt.savefig("integrate_function_takes_parameters.png")
plt.show()

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