Mathematical Primitives

Basic Functions¶

Primitive	Description
Plus	Operator +x, identifies a number as positive
Minus	Operator -x, identifies a number as negative
Add	Operator x+y, numeric or matrix addition
Subtract	Operator x-y, numeric or matrix subtraction
Increment	Operator x++, ++x, increments a stored value
Decrement	Operator x--, --x, decrements a stored value
Multiply	Operator x*y, numeric multiplication
Divide	Operator x/y, numeric division
Power	Operator x^y, x raised to the power y
Factorial	Operator x!, factorial of a number
Percent	Operator x%, divide by 100
Remainder	Operator x%y, remainder of x/y
sqrt	Square root
exp	Exponential (E^x)
safeexp	Exponential (E^x), with a trap to prevent overflow
log	Natural logarithm (base E)
log10	Common logarithm (base 10)
E	2.71828
abs	Absolute value (magnitude for complex numbers)
round	Rounds a number to a given number of decimals
floor	Integer value of a number rounded down
ceil	Integer value of a number rounded up
integer	Integer value rounded towards zero
infinity	Infinity
cnorm	Cumulative normal distribution
gamma	Gamma function
gammaln	Log of the Gamma function

Primitive	Description
rand	Pseudo-random number from a uniform distribution
drand	Pseudo-random number from a discrete distribution
trand	Pseudo-random number from a triangular distribution
nrand	Pseudo-random number from a normal distribution
lrand	Pseudo-random number from a lognormal distribution
brand	Pseudo-random number from a binomial distribution
prand	Pseudo-random number from a Poisson distribution
grand	Pseudo-random number from a gamma distribution
wrand	Pseudo-random number from a Weibull distribution
betarand	Pseudo-random number from a beta distribution
crand	Pseudo-random number from a custom distribution
setrand	Seeds the random number generators
correlate	Causes random inputs to be correlated

Primitive	Description
I	Unit imaginary number
abs	Absolute value (magnitude for complex numbers)
arg	The argument or angle of a complex number
real	The real portion of a complex number
imag	The imaginary portion of a complex number

Primitive	Description
hasunits	Returns true if a value has units of measure
nounits	Evaluates an expression without unit processing
reduceunits	Number without units as it would display in the current unit system
stripunits	Number with all units of measure removed
unitsof	Units of measure applied to a value

Primitive	Description
sigma	Summation of a function between specified limits
root	Root, or zero, of a function
integral	Definite integral of a function
derivative	Partial derivative of a function

Primitive	Description
Add	Operator x+y, numeric or matrix addition
Subtract	Operator x-y, numeric or matrix subtraction
Multiply	Operator x*y, numeric multiplication
Power	Operator x^y, x raised to the power y
determinant	Determinant of a matrix
trans	Transpose of a matrix
tableform	Table representation of a matrix

Primitive	Description
linefit	Coefficients of a general linear regression
stderror	Standard error for each coefficient in a regression analysis
rsquared	R-squared measure of fit for a regression line

Primitive	Description
solve	Solution to a set of simultaneous linear equations

Primitive	Description
minimize	Minimum of a function of one variable
simplex	Linear optimization of a function of many variables
simplex2	Linear optimization of a function of many variables
mxsimplex	Linear program optimization based on matrix input data
readsimplex	Imports comma-delimited data and performs a linear optimization

Primitive	Description
fft	Fast Fourier Transform
invfft	Inverse Fast Fourier Transform

Primitive	Description
Left Shift	Operator x<<y, shifts bits in a number left
Right Shift	Operator x>>y, shifts bits in a number right
Zero-Fill Right Shift	Operator x>>>y, shifts bits in a number right with sign
Bitwise And	Operator x&y, AND of all bits in x and y
[Bitwise Or](../../../manual/supply-chain-planning/concept/primitives/all.md#bitwise_or "Operator x	y, OR of all bits in x and y")
Bitwise Exclusive Or	Operator x~y, Exclusive OR of all bits in x and y
Bitwise Not	Operator ~x, inverts all bits in x