Mean of a mixture distribution.

The mean of a mixture is the weighted sum of the component means: \(E[X] = \sum_k w_k \mu_k\).

# S3 method for class 'mixture'
mean(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A mixture object.

...

Additional arguments (not used).

Value

The mean of the mixture distribution.

Examples

m <- mixture(list(normal(0, 1), normal(10, 1)), c(0.5, 0.5))
mean(m)
#> [1] 5