\documentclass[varwidth=true, border=5pt]{article} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.10} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,positioning} \usepackage{helvet} \usepackage[eulergreek]{sansmath} \pgfmathdeclarefunction{gauss}{2}{% \pgfmathparse{1/(sqrt(2*pi*#2))*exp(-((x-#1)^2)/(2*#2))}% } % to be used: \gauss(mean)(variance) \pgfplotsset{ tick label style = {font=\sansmath\sffamily}, every axis label/.append style={font=\sffamily\footnotesize}, } % Thanks to percusse for solving problems with the axis \newcommand{\meanI}{80} \newcommand{\meanII}{40} \newcommand{\varI}{100} \newcommand{\varII}{100} \newcommand{\labelheight}{0.03} \pgfmathsetmacro{\meanIheight}{1/(sqrt(2*pi*\varI))}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\meanIIheight}{1/(sqrt(2*pi*\varII))}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\plotheight}{max(\meanIheight, \meanIIheight, \labelheight+0.002)}% \begin{document} \begin{preview} \tikzstyle{plotA}=[ultra thick,red!90!black] \tikzstyle{plotB}=[ultra thick,cyan!50!black] \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ width=13.5cm, height=8.625cm, % Grid grid = major, % size xmin= 0, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 125, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin= 0, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 0.045, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate % Legende legend style={ font=\large\sansmath\sffamily, at={(0.5,-0.18)}, anchor=north, legend cell align=left, legend columns=-1, column sep=0.5cm }, % Ticks tick align=inside, minor tick style={thick}, scaled y ticks = false, xtick={40,70,80}, ytick=\empty, % Axis axis on top, axis line style = {very thick,shorten <=-0.5\pgflinewidth}, axis lines = middle, axis line style = very thick, xlabel=$x$, x label style={at={(axis description cs:0.5,0)}, anchor=north, font=\boldmath\Large}, ylabel=$f(x)$, y label style={at={(axis description cs:0,0.5)}, anchor=south, rotate=90, font=\boldmath\Large}, ] \coordinate (plotAcoord) at (axis cs:70,0.024); \coordinate (plotAcoordY) at (axis cs:0,0.024); \draw[plotA,thick, dashed](plotAcoord -| plotAcoordY) -- (plotAcoord); \coordinate (plotBcoord) at (axis cs:70,0.0004); \coordinate (plotBcoordY) at (axis cs:0,0.0004); \draw[plotB,thick, dashed](plotBcoord -| plotBcoordY) -- (plotBcoord); \node[above right=0cm and 0cm of plotAcoordY,color=red!90!black] (f1y) {$f_{I}(70)$}; \node[above right=0cm and 0cm of plotBcoordY,color=cyan!50!black] (f2y) {$f_{II}(70)$}; % Plots of the distributions \addplot [domain=0:120,samples=200,plotA] {gauss(80,100)}; \addplot [domain=0:120,samples=200,plotB] {gauss(40,100)}; % Mark points \addplot+[plotA, samples at={70}, mark=*, mark options={scale=1, fill=red!90!black}] {gauss(\meanI,\varI)}; \addplot+[plotB, samples at={70}, mark=*, mark options={scale=1, fill=cyan!50!black}] {gauss(\meanII,\varII)}; \coordinate (a) at (axis cs:70,0.024); \draw[black,thick](a |- current plot begin) -- (a); % Add labels \node[plotA,above] at (axis cs:102,\labelheight){\Large $\mathcal{N}(\meanI,\varI)$}; \node[plotB,above] at (axis cs:20,\labelheight){\Large $\mathcal{N}(\meanII,\varII)$}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{preview} \end{document}