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- /* randist/beta.c
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 James Theiler, Brian Gough
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
- * your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
- #include <config.h>
- #include <math.h>
- #include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>
- #include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>
- #include <gsl/gsl_sf_gamma.h>
-
- /* The beta distribution has the form
-
- p(x) dx = (Gamma(a + b)/(Gamma(a) Gamma(b))) x^(a-1) (1-x)^(b-1) dx
-
- The method used here is the one described in Knuth */
-
- double
- gsl_ran_beta (const gsl_rng * r, const double a, const double b)
- {
- double x1 = gsl_ran_gamma (r, a, 1.0);
- double x2 = gsl_ran_gamma (r, b, 1.0);
-
- return x1 / (x1 + x2);
- }
-
- double
- gsl_ran_beta_pdf (const double x, const double a, const double b)
- {
- if (x < 0 || x > 1)
- {
- return 0 ;
- }
- else
- {
- double p;
-
- double gab = gsl_sf_lngamma (a + b);
- double ga = gsl_sf_lngamma (a);
- double gb = gsl_sf_lngamma (b);
-
- p = exp (gab - ga - gb) * pow (x, a - 1) * pow (1 - x, b - 1);
-
- return p;
- }
- }
-