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It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty. */ package cern.jet.random; import cern.jet.math.Arithmetic; import cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine; import cern.jet.stat.Probability; /** * Binomial distribution; See the <A HREF="http://www.cern.ch/RD11/rkb/AN16pp/node19.html#SECTION000190000000000000000"> math definition</A> * and <A HREF="http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/glosb.html#Binomial Distribution"> animated definition</A>. * <p> * <tt>p(x) = k * p^k * (1-p)^(n-k)</tt> with <tt>k = n! / (k! * (n-k)!)</tt>. * <p> * Instance methods operate on a user supplied uniform random number generator; they are unsynchronized. * <dt> * Static methods operate on a default uniform random number generator; they are synchronized. * <p> * <b>Implementation:</b> High performance implementation. Acceptance Rejection/Inversion method. * This is a port of <A HREF="http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asd/lhc++/clhep/manual/RefGuide/Random/RandBinomial.html">RandBinomial</A> used in <A HREF="http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asd/lhc++/clhep">CLHEP 1.4.0</A> (C++). * CLHEP's implementation is, in turn, based on * <p>V. Kachitvichyanukul, B.W. Schmeiser (1988): Binomial random variate generation, Communications of the ACM 31, 216-222. * * @author wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch * @version 1.0, 09/24/99 */ public class Binomial extends AbstractDiscreteDistribution { protected int n; protected double p; // cache vars for method generateBinomial(...) private int n_last = -1, n_prev = -1; private double par,np,p0,q,p_last = -1.0, p_prev = -1.0; private int b,m,nm; private double pq, rc, ss, xm, xl, xr, ll, lr, c, p1, p2, p3, p4, ch; // cache vars for method pdf(...) private double log_p, log_q, log_n; // The uniform random number generated shared by all <b>static</b> methods. protected static Binomial shared = new Binomial(1,0.5,makeDefaultGenerator()); /** * Constructs a binomial distribution. * Example: n=1, p=0.5. * @param n the number of trials (also known as <i>sample size</i>). * @param p the probability of success. * @param randomGenerator a uniform random number generator. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0</tt> */ public Binomial(int n, double p, RandomEngine randomGenerator) { setRandomGenerator(randomGenerator); setNandP(n,p); } /** * Returns the cumulative distribution function. */ public double cdf(int k) { return Probability.binomial(k,n,p); } /** * Returns the cumulative distribution function. */ private double cdfSlow(int k) { if (k < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); double sum = 0.0; for (int r = 0; r<=k; r++) sum += pdf(r); return sum; } /****************************************************************** * * * Binomial-Distribution - Acceptance Rejection/Inversion * * * ****************************************************************** * * * Acceptance Rejection method combined with Inversion for * * generating Binomial random numbers with parameters * * n (number of trials) and p (probability of success). * * For min(n*p,n*(1-p)) < 10 the Inversion method is applied: * * The random numbers are generated via sequential search, * * starting at the lowest index k=0. The cumulative probabilities * * are avoided by using the technique of chop-down. * * For min(n*p,n*(1-p)) >= 10 Acceptance Rejection is used: * * The algorithm is based on a hat-function which is uniform in * * the centre region and exponential in the tails. * * A triangular immediate acceptance region in the centre speeds * * up the generation of binomial variates. * * If candidate k is near the mode, f(k) is computed recursively * * starting at the mode m. * * The acceptance test by Stirling's formula is modified * * according to W. Hoermann (1992): The generation of binomial * * random variates, to appear in J. Statist. Comput. Simul. * * If p < .5 the algorithm is applied to parameters n, p. * * Otherwise p is replaced by 1-p, and k is replaced by n - k. * * * ****************************************************************** * * * FUNCTION: - samples a random number from the binomial * * distribution with parameters n and p and is * * valid for n*min(p,1-p) > 0. * * REFERENCE: - V. Kachitvichyanukul, B.W. Schmeiser (1988): * * Binomial random variate generation, * * Communications of the ACM 31, 216-222. * * SUBPROGRAMS: - StirlingCorrection() * * ... Correction term of the Stirling * * approximation for log(k!) * * (series in 1/k or table values * * for small k) with long int k * * - randomGenerator ... (0,1)-Uniform engine * * * ******************************************************************/ protected int generateBinomial(int n, double p) { final double C1_3 = 0.33333333333333333; final double C5_8 = 0.62500000000000000; final double C1_6 = 0.16666666666666667; final int DMAX_KM = 20; int bh,i, K, Km, nK; double f, rm, U, V, X, T, E; if (n != n_last || p != p_last) { // set-up n_last = n; p_last = p; par=Math.min(p,1.0-p); q=1.0-par; np = n*par; // Check for invalid input values if( np <= 0.0 ) return -1; rm = np + par; m = (int) rm; // mode, integer if (np<10) { p0=Math.exp(n*Math.log(q)); // Chop-down bh=(int)(np+10.0*Math.sqrt(np*q)); b=Math.min(n,bh); } else { rc = (n + 1.0) * (pq = par / q); // recurr. relat. ss = np * q; // variance i = (int) (2.195*Math.sqrt(ss) - 4.6*q); // i = p1 - 0.5 xm = m + 0.5; xl = (double) (m - i); // limit left xr = (double) (m + i + 1L); // limit right f = (rm - xl) / (rm - xl*par); ll = f * (1.0 + 0.5*f); f = (xr - rm) / (xr * q); lr = f * (1.0 + 0.5*f); c = 0.134 + 20.5/(15.3 + (double) m); // parallelogram // height p1 = i + 0.5; p2 = p1 * (1.0 + c + c); // probabilities p3 = p2 + c/ll; // of regions 1-4 p4 = p3 + c/lr; } } if (np<10) { //Inversion Chop-down double pk; K=0; pk=p0; U=randomGenerator.raw(); while (U>pk) { ++K; if (K>b) { U=randomGenerator.raw(); K=0; pk=p0; } else { U-=pk; pk=(double)(((n-K+1)*par*pk)/(K*q)); } } return ((p>0.5) ? (n-K):K); } for (;;) { V = randomGenerator.raw(); if ((U = randomGenerator.raw() * p4) <= p1) { // triangular region K=(int) (xm - U + p1*V); return (p>0.5) ? (n-K):K; // immediate accept } if (U <= p2) { // parallelogram X = xl + (U - p1)/c; if ((V = V*c + 1.0 - Math.abs(xm - X)/p1) >= 1.0) continue; K = (int) X; } else if (U <= p3) { // left tail if ((X = xl + Math.log(V)/ll) < 0.0) continue; K = (int) X; V *= (U - p2) * ll; } else { // right tail if ((K = (int) (xr - Math.log(V)/lr)) > n) continue; V *= (U - p3) * lr; } // acceptance test : two cases, depending on |K - m| if ((Km = Math.abs(K - m)) <= DMAX_KM || Km + Km + 2L >= ss) { // computation of p(K) via recurrence relationship from the mode f = 1.0; // f(m) if (m < K) { for (i = m; i < K; ) { if ((f *= (rc / ++i - pq)) < V) break; // multiply f } } else { for (i = K; i < m; ) { if ((V *= (rc / ++i - pq)) > f) break; // multiply V } } if (V <= f) break; // acceptance test } else { // lower and upper squeeze tests, based on lower bounds for log p(K) V = Math.log(V); T = - Km * Km / (ss + ss); E = (Km / ss) * ((Km * (Km * C1_3 + C5_8) + C1_6) / ss + 0.5); if (V <= T - E) break; if (V <= T + E) { if (n != n_prev || par != p_prev) { n_prev = n; p_prev = par; nm = n - m + 1; ch = xm * Math.log((m + 1.0)/(pq * nm)) + Arithmetic.stirlingCorrection(m + 1) + Arithmetic.stirlingCorrection(nm); } nK = n - K + 1; // computation of log f(K) via Stirling's formula // final acceptance-rejection test if (V <= ch + (n + 1.0)*Math.log((double) nm / (double) nK) + (K + 0.5)*Math.log(nK * pq / (K + 1.0)) - Arithmetic.stirlingCorrection(K + 1) - Arithmetic.stirlingCorrection(nK)) break; } } } return (p>0.5) ? (n-K):K; } /** * Returns a random number from the distribution. */ public int nextInt() { return generateBinomial(n,p); } /** * Returns a random number from the distribution with the given parameters n and p; bypasses the internal state. * @param n the number of trials * @param p the probability of success. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0</tt> */ public int nextInt(int n, double p) { if (n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); return generateBinomial(n,p); } /** * Returns the probability distribution function. */ public double pdf(int k) { if (k < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); int r = this.n - k; return Math.exp(this.log_n - Arithmetic.logFactorial(k) - Arithmetic.logFactorial(r) + this.log_p * k + this.log_q * r); } /** * Sets the parameters number of trials and the probability of success. * @param n the number of trials * @param p the probability of success. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0</tt> */ public void setNandP(int n, double p) { if (n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); this.n = n; this.p = p; this.log_p = Math.log(p); this.log_q = Math.log(1.0-p); this.log_n = Arithmetic.logFactorial(n); } /** * Returns a random number from the distribution with the given parameters n and p. * @param n the number of trials * @param p the probability of success. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>n*Math.min(p,1-p) <= 0.0</tt> */ public static int staticNextInt(int n, double p) { synchronized (shared) { return shared.nextInt(n,p); } } /** * Returns a String representation of the receiver. */ public String toString() { return this.getClass().getName()+"("+n+","+p+")"; } /** * Sets the uniform random number generated shared by all <b>static</b> methods. * @param randomGenerator the new uniform random number generator to be shared. */ private static void xstaticSetRandomGenerator(RandomEngine randomGenerator) { synchronized (shared) { shared.setRandomGenerator(randomGenerator); } } }