// // Math.NET Numerics, part of the Math.NET Project // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics // http://mathnetnumerics.codeplex.com // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Math.NET // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. // namespace MathNet.Numerics.Distributions { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Properties; /// /// This class implements functionality for the Erlang distribution. This distribution is /// is a continuous probability distribution with wide applicability primarily due to its /// relation to the exponential and Gamma distributions. /// Wikipedia - Erlang distribution. /// /// The distribution will use the by default. /// Users can set the random number generator by using the property. /// The statistics classes will check all the incoming parameters whether they are in the allowed /// range. This might involve heavy computation. Optionally, by setting Control.CheckDistributionParameters /// to false, all parameter checks can be turned off. public class Erlang : IContinuousDistribution { /// /// Erlang shape parameter. /// double _shape; /// /// Erlang inverse scale parameter. /// double _invScale; /// /// The distribution's random number generator. /// Random _random; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. public Erlang(int shape, double invScale) { _random = new Random(); SetParameters(shape, invScale); } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. /// The random number generator which is used to draw random samples. public Erlang(int shape, double invScale, Random randomSource) { _random = randomSource ?? new Random(); SetParameters(shape, invScale); } /// /// Constructs a Erlang distribution from a shape and scale parameter. The distribution will /// be initialized with the default random number generator. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The scale of the Erlang distribution. /// a normal distribution. public static Erlang WithShapeScale(int shape, double scale) { return new Erlang(shape, 1.0/scale); } /// /// Constructs a Erlang distribution from a shape and inverse scale parameter. The distribution will /// be initialized with the default random number generator. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. /// a normal distribution. public static Erlang WithShapeInvScale(int shape, double invScale) { return new Erlang(shape, invScale); } /// /// Sets the parameters of the distribution after checking their validity. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. void SetParameters(double shape, double invScale) { if (Control.CheckDistributionParameters && !IsValidParameterSet(shape, invScale)) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(Resources.InvalidDistributionParameters); } _shape = shape; _invScale = invScale; } /// /// Checks whether the parameters of the distribution are valid. /// /// The shape of the Erlang distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. /// true when the parameters are valid, false otherwise. static bool IsValidParameterSet(double shape, double invScale) { if (shape < 0.0 || invScale < 0.0 || Double.IsNaN(shape) || Double.IsNaN(invScale)) { return false; } return true; } /// /// Gets or sets the shape of the Erlang distribution. /// public int Shape { get { return (int) _shape; } set { SetParameters(value, _invScale); } } /// /// Gets or sets the scale of the Erlang distribution. /// public double Scale { get { return 1.0/_invScale; } set { var invScale = 1.0/value; if (Double.IsNegativeInfinity(invScale)) { invScale = -invScale; } SetParameters(_shape, invScale); } } /// /// Gets or sets the inverse scale of the Erlang distribution. /// public double InvScale { get { return _invScale; } set { SetParameters(_shape, value); } } /// /// A string representation of the distribution. /// /// a string representation of the distribution. public override string ToString() { return "Erlang(Shape = " + _shape + ", Inverse Scale = " + _invScale + ")"; } #region IDistribution Members /// /// Gets or sets the random number generator which is used to draw random samples. /// public Random RandomSource { get { return _random; } set { if (value == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(); } _random = value; } } /// /// Gets the mean of the distribution. /// public double Mean { get { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return _shape; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return _shape/_invScale; } } /// /// Gets the variance of the distribution. /// public double Variance { get { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return 0.0; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return _shape/(_invScale*_invScale); } } /// /// Gets the standard deviation of the distribution. /// public double StdDev { get { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return 0.0; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return Math.Sqrt(_shape)/_invScale; } } /// /// Gets the entropy of the distribution. /// public double Entropy { get { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return 0.0; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return _shape - Math.Log(_invScale) + SpecialFunctions.GammaLn(_shape) + ((1.0 - _shape)*SpecialFunctions.DiGamma(_shape)); } } /// /// Gets the skewness of the distribution. /// public double Skewness { get { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return 0.0; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return 2.0/Math.Sqrt(_shape); } } /// /// Computes the cumulative distribution function of the Erlang distribution. /// /// The location at which to compute the cumulative density. /// the cumulative density at . public double CumulativeDistribution(double x) { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return x >= _shape ? 1.0 : 0.0; } if (_shape == 0.0 && _invScale == 0.0) { return 0.0; } return SpecialFunctions.GammaLowerRegularized(_shape, x*_invScale); } #endregion #region IContinuousDistribution Members /// /// Gets the mode of the distribution. /// public double Mode { get { if (_shape < 1) { throw new NotSupportedException(); } if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return _shape; } if (_invScale == 0.0 && _shape == 0.0) { return Double.NaN; } return (_shape - 1.0)/_invScale; } } /// /// Gets the median of the distribution. /// public double Median { get { throw new NotSupportedException(); } } /// /// Gets the minimum value. /// public double Minimum { get { return 0.0; } } /// /// Gets the Maximum value. /// public double Maximum { get { return double.PositiveInfinity; } } /// /// Computes the density of the distribution. /// /// The location at which to compute the density. /// the density at . public double Density(double x) { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return x == _shape ? Double.PositiveInfinity : 0.0; } if (_shape == 0.0 && _invScale == 0.0) { return 0.0; } if (_shape == 1.0) { return _invScale*Math.Exp(-_invScale*x); } return Math.Pow(_invScale, _shape)*Math.Pow(x, _shape - 1.0)*Math.Exp(-_invScale*x)/SpecialFunctions.Gamma(_shape); } /// /// Computes the log density of the distribution. /// /// The location at which to compute the density. /// the density at . public double DensityLn(double x) { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(_invScale)) { return x == _shape ? Double.PositiveInfinity : Double.NegativeInfinity; } if (_shape == 0.0 && _invScale == 0.0) { return Double.NegativeInfinity; } if (_shape == 1.0) { return Math.Log(_invScale) - (_invScale*x); } return (_shape*Math.Log(_invScale)) + ((_shape - 1.0)*Math.Log(x)) - (_invScale*x) - SpecialFunctions.GammaLn(_shape); } #endregion /// /// Sampling implementation based on: /// "A Simple Method for Generating Erlang Variables" - Marsaglia & Tsang /// ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol. 26, No. 3, September 2000, Pages 363–372. /// This method performs no parameter checks. /// /// The random number generator to use. /// The shape of the Gamma distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Gamma distribution. /// A sample from a Erlang distributed random variable. internal static double SampleUnchecked(Random rnd, double shape, double invScale) { if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(invScale)) { return shape; } var a = shape; var alphafix = 1.0; // Fix when alpha is less than one. if (shape < 1.0) { a = shape + 1.0; alphafix = Math.Pow(rnd.NextDouble(), 1.0/shape); } var d = a - (1.0/3.0); var c = 1.0/Math.Sqrt(9.0*d); while (true) { var x = Normal.Sample(rnd, 0.0, 1.0); var v = 1.0 + (c*x); while (v <= 0.0) { x = Normal.Sample(rnd, 0.0, 1.0); v = 1.0 + (c*x); } v = v*v*v; var u = rnd.NextDouble(); x = x*x; if (u < 1.0 - (0.0331*x*x)) { return alphafix*d*v/invScale; } if (Math.Log(u) < (0.5*x) + (d*(1.0 - v + Math.Log(v)))) { return alphafix*d*v/invScale; } } } /// /// Generates a sample from the Erlang distribution. /// /// a sample from the distribution. public double Sample() { return SampleUnchecked(RandomSource, _shape, _invScale); } /// /// Generates a sequence of samples from the Erlang distribution. /// /// a sequence of samples from the distribution. public IEnumerable Samples() { while (true) { yield return SampleUnchecked(RandomSource, _shape, _invScale); } } /// /// Generates a sample from the distribution. /// /// The random number generator to use. /// The shape of the Gamma distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Gamma distribution. /// a sample from the distribution. public static double Sample(Random rnd, double shape, double invScale) { if (Control.CheckDistributionParameters && !IsValidParameterSet(shape, invScale)) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(Resources.InvalidDistributionParameters); } return SampleUnchecked(rnd, shape, invScale); } /// /// Generates a sequence of samples from the distribution. /// /// The random number generator to use. /// The shape of the Gamma distribution. /// The inverse scale of the Gamma distribution. /// a sequence of samples from the distribution. public static IEnumerable Samples(Random rnd, double shape, double invScale) { if (Control.CheckDistributionParameters && !IsValidParameterSet(shape, invScale)) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(Resources.InvalidDistributionParameters); } while (true) { yield return SampleUnchecked(rnd, shape, invScale); } } } }