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It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty. */ package cern.jet.random; import cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine; import cern.jet.stat.Probability; /** * Negative Binomial distribution; See the <A HREF="http://www.statlets.com/usermanual/glossary2.htm"> math definition</A>. * <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. Compound method. * <dt> * This is a port of <tt>nbp.c</tt> from the <A HREF="http://www.cis.tu-graz.ac.at/stat/stadl/random.html">C-RAND / WIN-RAND</A> library. * C-RAND's implementation, in turn, is based upon * <p> * J.H. Ahrens, U. Dieter (1974): Computer methods for sampling from gamma, beta, Poisson and binomial distributions, Computing 12, 223--246. * * @author wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch * @version 1.0, 09/24/99 */ public class NegativeBinomial extends AbstractDiscreteDistribution { protected int n; protected double p; protected Gamma gamma; protected Poisson poisson; // The uniform random number generated shared by all <b>static</b> methods. protected static NegativeBinomial shared = new NegativeBinomial(1,0.5,makeDefaultGenerator()); /** * Constructs a Negative Binomial distribution. * Example: n=1, p=0.5. * @param n the number of trials. * @param p the probability of success. * @param randomGenerator a uniform random number generator. */ public NegativeBinomial(int n, double p, RandomEngine randomGenerator) { setRandomGenerator(randomGenerator); setNandP(n,p); this.gamma = new Gamma(n,1.0,randomGenerator); this.poisson = new Poisson(0.0,randomGenerator); } /** * Returns the cumulative distribution function. */ public double cdf(int k) { return Probability.negativeBinomial(k,n,p); } /** * Returns a deep copy of the receiver; the copy will produce identical sequences. * After this call has returned, the copy and the receiver have equal but separate state. * * @return a copy of the receiver. */ public Object clone() { NegativeBinomial copy = (NegativeBinomial) super.clone(); if (this.poisson != null) copy.poisson = (Poisson) this.poisson.clone(); copy.poisson.setRandomGenerator(copy.getRandomGenerator()); if (this.gamma != null) copy.gamma = (Gamma) this.gamma.clone(); copy.gamma.setRandomGenerator(copy.getRandomGenerator()); return copy; } /** * Returns a random number from the distribution. */ public int nextInt() { return nextInt(n,p); } /** * Returns a random number from the distribution; bypasses the internal state. */ public int nextInt(int n, double p) { /****************************************************************** * * * Negative Binomial Distribution - Compound method * * * ****************************************************************** * * * FUNCTION: - nbp samples a random number from the Negative * * Binomial distribution with parameters r (no. of * * failures given) and p (probability of success) * * valid for r > 0, 0 < p < 1. * * If G from Gamma(r) then K from Poiss(pG/(1-p)) * * is NB(r,p)--distributed. * * REFERENCE: - J.H. Ahrens, U. Dieter (1974): Computer methods * * for sampling from gamma, beta, Poisson and * * binomial distributions, Computing 12, 223--246. * * SUBPROGRAMS: - drand(seed) ... (0,1)-Uniform generator with * * unsigned long integer *seed * * - Gamma(seed,a) ... Gamma generator for a > 0 * * unsigned long *seed, double a * * - Poisson(seed,a) ...Poisson generator for a > 0 * * unsigned long *seed, double a. * * * ******************************************************************/ double x = p /(1.0 - p); double p1 = p; double y = x * this.gamma.nextDouble(n,1.0); return this.poisson.nextInt(y); } /** * Returns the probability distribution function. */ public double pdf(int k) { if (k > n) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); return cern.jet.math.Arithmetic.binomial(n,k) * Math.pow(p,k) * Math.pow(1.0-p,n-k); } /** * Sets the parameters number of trials and the probability of success. * @param n the number of trials * @param p the probability of success. */ public void setNandP(int n, double p) { this.n = n; this.p = p; } /** * 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. */ 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); } } }