{{alias}}( α ) Returns an accumulator function which incrementally computes an exponentially weighted standard deviation, where α is a smoothing factor between 0 and 1. If provided a value, the accumulator function returns an updated standard deviation. If not provided a value, the accumulator function returns the current standard deviation. If provided `NaN` or a value which, when used in computations, results in `NaN`, the accumulated value is `NaN` for all future invocations. Parameters ---------- α: number Smoothing factor (value between 0 and 1). Returns ------- acc: Function Accumulator function. Examples -------- > var accumulator = {{alias}}( 0.5 ); > var s = accumulator() null > s = accumulator( 2.0 ) 0.0 > s = accumulator( -5.0 ) 3.5 > s = accumulator() 3.5 See Also --------