// Copyright 2018 Developers of the Rand project. // Copyright 2016-2017 The Rust Project Developers. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. //! The binomial distribution. use rand::Rng; use crate::{Distribution, Uniform}; /// The binomial distribution `Binomial(n, p)`. /// /// This distribution has density function: /// `f(k) = n!/(k! (n-k)!) p^k (1-p)^(n-k)` for `k >= 0`. /// /// # Example /// /// ``` /// use rand_distr::{Binomial, Distribution}; /// /// let bin = Binomial::new(20, 0.3).unwrap(); /// let v = bin.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); /// println!("{} is from a binomial distribution", v); /// ``` #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)] pub struct Binomial { /// Number of trials. n: u64, /// Probability of success. p: f64, } /// Error type returned from `Binomial::new`. #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)] pub enum Error { /// `p < 0` or `nan`. ProbabilityTooSmall, /// `p > 1`. ProbabilityTooLarge, } impl Binomial { /// Construct a new `Binomial` with the given shape parameters `n` (number /// of trials) and `p` (probability of success). pub fn new(n: u64, p: f64) -> Result { if !(p >= 0.0) { return Err(Error::ProbabilityTooSmall); } if !(p <= 1.0) { return Err(Error::ProbabilityTooLarge); } Ok(Binomial { n, p }) } } /// Convert a `f64` to an `i64`, panicing on overflow. // In the future (Rust 1.34), this might be replaced with `TryFrom`. fn f64_to_i64(x: f64) -> i64 { assert!(x < (::std::i64::MAX as f64)); x as i64 } impl Distribution for Binomial { #[allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)] // Same names as in the reference. fn sample(&self, rng: &mut R) -> u64 { // Handle these values directly. if self.p == 0.0 { return 0; } else if self.p == 1.0 { return self.n; } // The binomial distribution is symmetrical with respect to p -> 1-p, // k -> n-k switch p so that it is less than 0.5 - this allows for lower // expected values we will just invert the result at the end let p = if self.p <= 0.5 { self.p } else { 1.0 - self.p }; let result; let q = 1. - p; // For small n * min(p, 1 - p), the BINV algorithm based on the inverse // transformation of the binomial distribution is efficient. Otherwise, // the BTPE algorithm is used. // // Voratas Kachitvichyanukul and Bruce W. Schmeiser. 1988. Binomial // random variate generation. Commun. ACM 31, 2 (February 1988), // 216-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/42372.42381 // Threshold for prefering the BINV algorithm. The paper suggests 10, // Ranlib uses 30, and GSL uses 14. const BINV_THRESHOLD: f64 = 10.; if (self.n as f64) * p < BINV_THRESHOLD && self.n <= (::std::i32::MAX as u64) { // Use the BINV algorithm. let s = p / q; let a = ((self.n + 1) as f64) * s; let mut r = q.powi(self.n as i32); let mut u: f64 = rng.gen(); let mut x = 0; while u > r as f64 { u -= r; x += 1; r *= a / (x as f64) - s; } result = x; } else { // Use the BTPE algorithm. // Threshold for using the squeeze algorithm. This can be freely // chosen based on performance. Ranlib and GSL use 20. const SQUEEZE_THRESHOLD: i64 = 20; // Step 0: Calculate constants as functions of `n` and `p`. let n = self.n as f64; let np = n * p; let npq = np * q; let f_m = np + p; let m = f64_to_i64(f_m); // radius of triangle region, since height=1 also area of region let p1 = (2.195 * npq.sqrt() - 4.6 * q).floor() + 0.5; // tip of triangle let x_m = (m as f64) + 0.5; // left edge of triangle let x_l = x_m - p1; // right edge of triangle let x_r = x_m + p1; let c = 0.134 + 20.5 / (15.3 + (m as f64)); // p1 + area of parallelogram region let p2 = p1 * (1. + 2. * c); fn lambda(a: f64) -> f64 { a * (1. + 0.5 * a) } let lambda_l = lambda((f_m - x_l) / (f_m - x_l * p)); let lambda_r = lambda((x_r - f_m) / (x_r * q)); // p1 + area of left tail let p3 = p2 + c / lambda_l; // p1 + area of right tail let p4 = p3 + c / lambda_r; // return value let mut y: i64; let gen_u = Uniform::new(0., p4); let gen_v = Uniform::new(0., 1.); loop { // Step 1: Generate `u` for selecting the region. If region 1 is // selected, generate a triangularly distributed variate. let u = gen_u.sample(rng); let mut v = gen_v.sample(rng); if !(u > p1) { y = f64_to_i64(x_m - p1 * v + u); break; } if !(u > p2) { // Step 2: Region 2, parallelograms. Check if region 2 is // used. If so, generate `y`. let x = x_l + (u - p1) / c; v = v * c + 1.0 - (x - x_m).abs() / p1; if v > 1. { continue; } else { y = f64_to_i64(x); } } else if !(u > p3) { // Step 3: Region 3, left exponential tail. y = f64_to_i64(x_l + v.ln() / lambda_l); if y < 0 { continue; } else { v *= (u - p2) * lambda_l; } } else { // Step 4: Region 4, right exponential tail. y = f64_to_i64(x_r - v.ln() / lambda_r); if y > 0 && (y as u64) > self.n { continue; } else { v *= (u - p3) * lambda_r; } } // Step 5: Acceptance/rejection comparison. // Step 5.0: Test for appropriate method of evaluating f(y). let k = (y - m).abs(); if !(k > SQUEEZE_THRESHOLD && (k as f64) < 0.5 * npq - 1.) { // Step 5.1: Evaluate f(y) via the recursive relationship. Start the // search from the mode. let s = p / q; let a = s * (n + 1.); let mut f = 1.0; if m < y { let mut i = m; loop { i += 1; f *= a / (i as f64) - s; if i == y { break; } } } else if m > y { let mut i = y; loop { i += 1; f /= a / (i as f64) - s; if i == m { break; } } } if v > f { continue; } else { break; } } // Step 5.2: Squeezing. Check the value of ln(v) againts upper and // lower bound of ln(f(y)). let k = k as f64; let rho = (k / npq) * ((k * (k / 3. + 0.625) + 1./6.) / npq + 0.5); let t = -0.5 * k*k / npq; let alpha = v.ln(); if alpha < t - rho { break; } if alpha > t + rho { continue; } // Step 5.3: Final acceptance/rejection test. let x1 = (y + 1) as f64; let f1 = (m + 1) as f64; let z = (f64_to_i64(n) + 1 - m) as f64; let w = (f64_to_i64(n) - y + 1) as f64; fn stirling(a: f64) -> f64 { let a2 = a * a; (13860. - (462. - (132. - (99. - 140. / a2) / a2) / a2) / a2) / a / 166320. } if alpha > x_m * (f1 / x1).ln() + (n - (m as f64) + 0.5) * (z / w).ln() + ((y - m) as f64) * (w * p / (x1 * q)).ln() // We use the signs from the GSL implementation, which are // different than the ones in the reference. According to // the GSL authors, the new signs were verified to be // correct by one of the original designers of the // algorithm. + stirling(f1) + stirling(z) - stirling(x1) - stirling(w) { continue; } break; } assert!(y >= 0); result = y as u64; } // Invert the result for p < 0.5. if p != self.p { self.n - result } else { result } } } #[cfg(test)] mod test { use rand::Rng; use crate::Distribution; use super::Binomial; fn test_binomial_mean_and_variance(n: u64, p: f64, rng: &mut R) { let binomial = Binomial::new(n, p).unwrap(); let expected_mean = n as f64 * p; let expected_variance = n as f64 * p * (1.0 - p); let mut results = [0.0; 1000]; for i in results.iter_mut() { *i = binomial.sample(rng) as f64; } let mean = results.iter().sum::() / results.len() as f64; assert!((mean as f64 - expected_mean).abs() < expected_mean / 50.0); let variance = results.iter().map(|x| (x - mean) * (x - mean)).sum::() / results.len() as f64; assert!((variance - expected_variance).abs() < expected_variance / 10.0); } #[test] fn test_binomial() { let mut rng = crate::test::rng(351); test_binomial_mean_and_variance(150, 0.1, &mut rng); test_binomial_mean_and_variance(70, 0.6, &mut rng); test_binomial_mean_and_variance(40, 0.5, &mut rng); test_binomial_mean_and_variance(20, 0.7, &mut rng); test_binomial_mean_and_variance(20, 0.5, &mut rng); } #[test] fn test_binomial_end_points() { let mut rng = crate::test::rng(352); assert_eq!(rng.sample(Binomial::new(20, 0.0).unwrap()), 0); assert_eq!(rng.sample(Binomial::new(20, 1.0).unwrap()), 20); } #[test] #[should_panic] fn test_binomial_invalid_lambda_neg() { Binomial::new(20, -10.0).unwrap(); } }