// Copyright 2018 Developers of the Rand project. // Copyright 2013 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 normal and derived distributions. use Rng; use distributions::{ziggurat_tables, Distribution, Open01}; use distributions::utils::ziggurat; /// Samples floating-point numbers according to the normal distribution /// `N(0, 1)` (a.k.a. a standard normal, or Gaussian). This is equivalent to /// `Normal::new(0.0, 1.0)` but faster. /// /// See `Normal` for the general normal distribution. /// /// Implemented via the ZIGNOR variant[^1] of the Ziggurat method. /// /// [^1]: Jurgen A. Doornik (2005). [*An Improved Ziggurat Method to /// Generate Normal Random Samples*]( /// https://www.doornik.com/research/ziggurat.pdf). /// Nuffield College, Oxford /// /// # Example /// ``` /// use rand::prelude::*; /// use rand::distributions::StandardNormal; /// /// let val: f64 = SmallRng::from_entropy().sample(StandardNormal); /// println!("{}", val); /// ``` #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)] pub struct StandardNormal; impl Distribution for StandardNormal { fn sample(&self, rng: &mut R) -> f64 { #[inline] fn pdf(x: f64) -> f64 { (-x*x/2.0).exp() } #[inline] fn zero_case(rng: &mut R, u: f64) -> f64 { // compute a random number in the tail by hand // strange initial conditions, because the loop is not // do-while, so the condition should be true on the first // run, they get overwritten anyway (0 < 1, so these are // good). let mut x = 1.0f64; let mut y = 0.0f64; while -2.0 * y < x * x { let x_: f64 = rng.sample(Open01); let y_: f64 = rng.sample(Open01); x = x_.ln() / ziggurat_tables::ZIG_NORM_R; y = y_.ln(); } if u < 0.0 { x - ziggurat_tables::ZIG_NORM_R } else { ziggurat_tables::ZIG_NORM_R - x } } ziggurat(rng, true, // this is symmetric &ziggurat_tables::ZIG_NORM_X, &ziggurat_tables::ZIG_NORM_F, pdf, zero_case) } } /// The normal distribution `N(mean, std_dev**2)`. /// /// This uses the ZIGNOR variant of the Ziggurat method, see [`StandardNormal`] /// for more details. /// /// Note that [`StandardNormal`] is an optimised implementation for mean 0, and /// standard deviation 1. /// /// # Example /// /// ``` /// use rand::distributions::{Normal, Distribution}; /// /// // mean 2, standard deviation 3 /// let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0); /// let v = normal.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); /// println!("{} is from a N(2, 9) distribution", v) /// ``` /// /// [`StandardNormal`]: struct.StandardNormal.html #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)] pub struct Normal { mean: f64, std_dev: f64, } impl Normal { /// Construct a new `Normal` distribution with the given mean and /// standard deviation. /// /// # Panics /// /// Panics if `std_dev < 0`. #[inline] pub fn new(mean: f64, std_dev: f64) -> Normal { assert!(std_dev >= 0.0, "Normal::new called with `std_dev` < 0"); Normal { mean, std_dev } } } impl Distribution for Normal { fn sample(&self, rng: &mut R) -> f64 { let n = rng.sample(StandardNormal); self.mean + self.std_dev * n } } /// The log-normal distribution `ln N(mean, std_dev**2)`. /// /// If `X` is log-normal distributed, then `ln(X)` is `N(mean, std_dev**2)` /// distributed. /// /// # Example /// /// ``` /// use rand::distributions::{LogNormal, Distribution}; /// /// // mean 2, standard deviation 3 /// let log_normal = LogNormal::new(2.0, 3.0); /// let v = log_normal.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); /// println!("{} is from an ln N(2, 9) distribution", v) /// ``` #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)] pub struct LogNormal { norm: Normal } impl LogNormal { /// Construct a new `LogNormal` distribution with the given mean /// and standard deviation. /// /// # Panics /// /// Panics if `std_dev < 0`. #[inline] pub fn new(mean: f64, std_dev: f64) -> LogNormal { assert!(std_dev >= 0.0, "LogNormal::new called with `std_dev` < 0"); LogNormal { norm: Normal::new(mean, std_dev) } } } impl Distribution for LogNormal { fn sample(&self, rng: &mut R) -> f64 { self.norm.sample(rng).exp() } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use distributions::Distribution; use super::{Normal, LogNormal}; #[test] fn test_normal() { let norm = Normal::new(10.0, 10.0); let mut rng = ::test::rng(210); for _ in 0..1000 { norm.sample(&mut rng); } } #[test] #[should_panic] fn test_normal_invalid_sd() { Normal::new(10.0, -1.0); } #[test] fn test_log_normal() { let lnorm = LogNormal::new(10.0, 10.0); let mut rng = ::test::rng(211); for _ in 0..1000 { lnorm.sample(&mut rng); } } #[test] #[should_panic] fn test_log_normal_invalid_sd() { LogNormal::new(10.0, -1.0); } }