Package org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution

Class GammaDistribution

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution.GammaDistribution
All Implemented Interfaces:
ContinuousDistribution
public class GammaDistribution
extends java.lang.Object
Implementation of the Gamma distribution.

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution.ContinuousDistribution

    ContinuousDistribution.Sampler

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors 
    Constructor Description
    GammaDistribution​(double shape, double scale)
    Creates a distribution.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    ContinuousDistribution.Sampler createSampler​(UniformRandomProvider rng)
    Creates a sampler.
    double cumulativeProbability​(double x)
    For a random variable X whose values are distributed according to this distribution, this method returns P(X <= x).
    double density​(double x)
    Returns the probability density function (PDF) of this distribution evaluated at the specified point x.
    double getMean()
    Gets the mean of this distribution.
    double getScale()
    Returns the scale parameter of this distribution.
    double getShape()
    Returns the shape parameter of this distribution.
    double getSupportLowerBound()
    Gets the lower bound of the support.
    double getSupportUpperBound()
    Gets the upper bound of the support.
    double getVariance()
    Gets the variance of this distribution.
    double inverseCumulativeProbability​(double p)
    Computes the quantile function of this distribution.
    boolean isSupportConnected()
    Indicates whether the support is connected, i.e.
    double logDensity​(double x)
    Returns the natural logarithm of the probability density function (PDF) of this distribution evaluated at the specified point x.
    static double[] sample​(int n, ContinuousDistribution.Sampler sampler)
    Utility function for allocating an array and filling it with n samples generated by the given sampler.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution.ContinuousDistribution

    probability, probability

  • Constructor Details

    • GammaDistribution

      public GammaDistribution​(double shape, double scale)
      Creates a distribution.
      Parameters:
      shape - the shape parameter
      scale - the scale parameter
      Throws:
      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if shape <= 0 or scale <= 0.

  • Method Details

    • getShape

      public double getShape()
      Returns the shape parameter of this distribution.
      Returns:
      the shape parameter

    • getScale

      public double getScale()
      Returns the scale parameter of this distribution.
      Returns:
      the scale parameter

    • density

      public double density​(double x)
      Returns the probability density function (PDF) of this distribution evaluated at the specified point x. In general, the PDF is the derivative of the CDF. If the derivative does not exist at x, then an appropriate replacement should be returned, e.g. Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.NaN, or the limit inferior or limit superior of the difference quotient.
      Parameters:
      x - Point at which the PDF is evaluated.
      Returns:
      the value of the probability density function at x.

    • logDensity

      public double logDensity​(double x)
      Returns the natural logarithm of the probability density function (PDF) of this distribution evaluated at the specified point x.
      Parameters:
      x - Point at which the PDF is evaluated.
      Returns:
      the logarithm of the value of the probability density function at x.

    • cumulativeProbability

      public double cumulativeProbability​(double x)
      For a random variable X whose values are distributed according to this distribution, this method returns P(X <= x). In other words, this method represents the (cumulative) distribution function (CDF) for this distribution. The implementation of this method is based on:
      • Chi-Squared Distribution, equation (9).
      • Casella, G., & Berger, R. (1990). Statistical Inference. Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press.
      Parameters:
      x - Point at which the CDF is evaluated.
      Returns:
      the probability that a random variable with this distribution takes a value less than or equal to x.

    • getMean

      public double getMean()
      Gets the mean of this distribution. For shape parameter alpha and scale parameter beta, the mean is alpha * beta.
      Returns:
      the mean, or Double.NaN if it is not defined.

    • getVariance

      public double getVariance()
      Gets the variance of this distribution. For shape parameter alpha and scale parameter beta, the variance is alpha * beta^2.
      Returns:
      the variance, or Double.NaN if it is not defined.

    • getSupportLowerBound

      public double getSupportLowerBound()
      Gets the lower bound of the support. It must return the same value as inverseCumulativeProbability(0), i.e. inf {x in R | P(X <= x) > 0}. The lower bound of the support is always 0 no matter the parameters.
      Returns:
      lower bound of the support (always 0)

    • getSupportUpperBound

      public double getSupportUpperBound()
      Gets the upper bound of the support. It must return the same value as inverseCumulativeProbability(1), i.e. inf {x in R | P(X <= x) = 1}. The upper bound of the support is always positive infinity no matter the parameters.
      Returns:
      upper bound of the support (always Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY)

    • isSupportConnected

      public boolean isSupportConnected()
      Indicates whether the support is connected, i.e. whether all values between the lower and upper bound of the support are included in the support. The support of this distribution is connected.
      Returns:
      true

    • createSampler

      public ContinuousDistribution.Sampler createSampler​(UniformRandomProvider rng)
      Creates a sampler.

      Sampling algorithms:

      • For 0 < shape < 1:
        Ahrens, J. H. and Dieter, U., Computer methods for sampling from gamma, beta, Poisson and binomial distributions, Computing, 12, 223-246, 1974.
      • For shape >= 1:
        Marsaglia and Tsang, A Simple Method for Generating Gamma Variables. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Volume 26 Issue 3, September, 2000.
      Specified by:
      createSampler in interface ContinuousDistribution
      Parameters:
      rng - Generator of uniformly distributed numbers.
      Returns:
      a sampler that produces random numbers according this distribution.

    • inverseCumulativeProbability

      public double inverseCumulativeProbability​(double p)
      Computes the quantile function of this distribution. For a random variable X distributed according to this distribution, the returned value is
      • inf{x in R | P(X<=x) >= p} for 0 < p <= 1,
      • inf{x in R | P(X<=x) > 0} for p = 0.
      The default implementation returns
      Specified by:
      inverseCumulativeProbability in interface ContinuousDistribution
      Parameters:
      p - Cumulative probability.
      Returns:
      the smallest p-quantile of this distribution (largest 0-quantile for p = 0).

    • sample

      public static double[] sample​(int n, ContinuousDistribution.Sampler sampler)
      Utility function for allocating an array and filling it with n samples generated by the given sampler.
      Parameters:
      n - Number of samples.
      sampler - Sampler.
      Returns:
      an array of size n.