Logit.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.function;

import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.UnivariateRealFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.DifferentiableUnivariateRealFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.ParametricUnivariateRealFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.NullArgumentException;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.OutOfRangeException;
import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;

/**
 * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logit">
 *  Logit</a> function.
 * It is the inverse of the {@link Sigmoid sigmoid} function.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class Logit implements DifferentiableUnivariateRealFunction {
    /** Lower bound. */
    private final double lo;
    /** Higher bound. */
    private final double hi;

    /**
     * Usual logit function, where the lower bound is 0 and the higher
     * bound is 1.
     */
    public Logit() {
        this(0, 1);
    }

    /**
     * Logit function.
     *
     * @param lo Lower bound of the function domain.
     * @param hi Higher bound of the function domain.
     */
    public Logit(double lo,
                 double hi) {
        this.lo = lo;
        this.hi = hi;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double value(double x) {
        return value(x, lo, hi);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public UnivariateRealFunction derivative() {
        return new UnivariateRealFunction() {
            /** {@inheritDoc} */
            public double value(double x) {
                return (hi - lo) / ((x - lo) * (hi - x));
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Parametric function where the input array contains the parameters of
     * the logit function, ordered as follows:
     * <ul>
     *  <li>Lower bound</li>
     *  <li>Higher bound</li>
     * </ul>
     */
    public static class Parametric implements ParametricUnivariateRealFunction {
        /**
         * Computes the value of the logit at {@code x}.
         *
         * @param x Value for which the function must be computed.
         * @param param Values of lower bound and higher bounds.
         * @return the value of the function.
         * @throws NullArgumentException if {@code param} is {@code null}.
         * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the size of {@code param} is
         * not 2.
         */
        public double value(double x, double ... param) {
            validateParameters(param);
            return Logit.value(x, param[0], param[1]);
        }

        /**
         * Computes the value of the gradient at {@code x}.
         * The components of the gradient vector are the partial
         * derivatives of the function with respect to each of the
         * <em>parameters</em> (lower bound and higher bound).
         *
         * @param x Value at which the gradient must be computed.
         * @param param Values for lower and higher bounds.
         * @return the gradient vector at {@code x}.
         * @throws NullArgumentException if {@code param} is {@code null}.
         * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the size of {@code param} is
         * not 2.
         */
        public double[] gradient(double x, double ... param) {
            validateParameters(param);

            final double lo = param[0];
            final double hi = param[1];

            return new double[] { 1 / (lo - x), 1 / (hi - x) };
        }

        /**
         * Validates parameters to ensure they are appropriate for the evaluation of
         * the {@link #value(double,double[])} and {@link #gradient(double,double[])}
         * methods.
         *
         * @param param Values for lower and higher bounds.
         * @throws NullArgumentException if {@code param} is {@code null}.
         * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the size of {@code param} is
         * not 2.
         */
        private void validateParameters(double[] param) {
            if (param == null) {
                throw new NullArgumentException();
            }
            if (param.length != 2) {
                throw new DimensionMismatchException(param.length, 2);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param x Value at which to compute the logit.
     * @param lo Lower bound.
     * @param hi Higher bound.
     * @return the value of the logit function at {@code x}.
     */
    private static double value(double x,
                                double lo,
                                double hi) {
        if (x < lo || x > hi) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(x, lo, hi);
        }
        return FastMath.log((x - lo) / (hi - x));
    }
}