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17 package org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution;
18
19 import org.apache.commons.numbers.gamma.LogGamma;
20 import org.apache.commons.numbers.gamma.RegularizedGamma;
21 import org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider;
22 import org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.AhrensDieterMarsagliaTsangGammaSampler;
23
24 /**
25 * Implementation of the gamma distribution.
26 *
27 * <p>The probability density function of \( X \) is:
28 *
29 * <p>\[ f(x;k,\theta) = \frac{x^{k-1}e^{-x/\theta}}{\theta^k\Gamma(k)} \]
30 *
31 * <p>for \( k > 0 \) the shape, \( \theta > 0 \) the scale, \( \Gamma(k) \) is the gamma function
32 * and \( x \in (0, \infty) \).
33 *
34 * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_distribution">Gamma distribution (Wikipedia)</a>
35 * @see <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GammaDistribution.html">Gamma distribution (MathWorld)</a>
36 */
37 public final class GammaDistribution extends AbstractContinuousDistribution {
38 /** Support lower bound. */
39 private static final double SUPPORT_LO = 0;
40 /** Support upper bound. */
41 private static final double SUPPORT_HI = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
42
43 /** The shape parameter. */
44 private final double shape;
45 /** The scale parameter. */
46 private final double scale;
47 /** Precomputed term for the log density: {@code -log(gamma(shape)) - log(scale)}. */
48 private final double minusLogGammaShapeMinusLogScale;
49 /** Cached value for inverse probability function. */
50 private final double mean;
51 /** Cached value for inverse probability function. */
52 private final double variance;
53
54 /**
55 * @param shape Shape parameter.
56 * @param scale Scale parameter.
57 */
58 private GammaDistribution(double shape,
59 double scale) {
60 this.shape = shape;
61 this.scale = scale;
62 this.minusLogGammaShapeMinusLogScale = -LogGamma.value(shape) - Math.log(scale);
63 mean = shape * scale;
64 variance = shape * scale * scale;
65 }
66
67 /**
68 * Creates a gamma distribution.
69 *
70 * @param shape Shape parameter.
71 * @param scale Scale parameter.
72 * @return the distribution
73 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code shape <= 0} or {@code scale <= 0}.
74 */
75 public static GammaDistribution of(double shape,
76 double scale) {
77 if (shape <= 0) {
78 throw new DistributionException(DistributionException.NOT_STRICTLY_POSITIVE, shape);
79 }
80 if (scale <= 0) {
81 throw new DistributionException(DistributionException.NOT_STRICTLY_POSITIVE, scale);
82 }
83 return new GammaDistribution(shape, scale);
84 }
85
86 /**
87 * Gets the shape parameter of this distribution.
88 *
89 * @return the shape parameter.
90 */
91 public double getShape() {
92 return shape;
93 }
94
95 /**
96 * Gets the scale parameter of this distribution.
97 *
98 * @return the scale parameter.
99 */
100 public double getScale() {
101 return scale;
102 }
103
104 /** {@inheritDoc}
105 *
106 * <p>Returns the limit when {@code x = 0}:
107 * <ul>
108 * <li>{@code shape < 1}: Infinity
109 * <li>{@code shape == 1}: 1 / scale
110 * <li>{@code shape > 1}: 0
111 * </ul>
112 */
113 @Override
114 public double density(double x) {
115 if (x <= SUPPORT_LO ||
116 x >= SUPPORT_HI) {
117 // Special case x=0
118 if (x == SUPPORT_LO && shape <= 1) {
119 return shape == 1 ?
120 1 / scale :
121 Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
122 }
123 return 0;
124 }
125
126 return RegularizedGamma.P.derivative(shape, x / scale) / scale;
127 }
128
129 /** {@inheritDoc}
130 *
131 * <p>Returns the limit when {@code x = 0}:
132 * <ul>
133 * <li>{@code shape < 1}: Infinity
134 * <li>{@code shape == 1}: -log(scale)
135 * <li>{@code shape > 1}: -Infinity
136 * </ul>
137 */
138 @Override
139 public double logDensity(double x) {
140 if (x <= SUPPORT_LO ||
141 x >= SUPPORT_HI) {
142 // Special case x=0
143 if (x == SUPPORT_LO && shape <= 1) {
144 return shape == 1 ?
145 -Math.log(scale) :
146 Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
147 }
148 return Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
149 }
150
151 final double y = x / scale;
152
153 // More accurate to log the density when it is finite.
154 // See NUMBERS-174: 'Log of the Gamma P Derivative'
155 final double p = RegularizedGamma.P.derivative(shape, y) / scale;
156 if (p <= Double.MAX_VALUE && p >= Double.MIN_NORMAL) {
157 return Math.log(p);
158 }
159 // Use the log computation
160 return minusLogGammaShapeMinusLogScale - y + Math.log(y) * (shape - 1);
161 }
162
163 /** {@inheritDoc} */
164 @Override
165 public double cumulativeProbability(double x) {
166 if (x <= SUPPORT_LO) {
167 return 0;
168 } else if (x >= SUPPORT_HI) {
169 return 1;
170 }
171 return RegularizedGamma.P.value(shape, x / scale);
172 }
173
174 /** {@inheritDoc} */
175 @Override
176 public double survivalProbability(double x) {
177 if (x <= SUPPORT_LO) {
178 return 1;
179 } else if (x >= SUPPORT_HI) {
180 return 0;
181 }
182 return RegularizedGamma.Q.value(shape, x / scale);
183 }
184
185 /**
186 * {@inheritDoc}
187 *
188 * <p>For shape parameter \( k \) and scale parameter \( \theta \), the
189 * mean is \( k \theta \).
190 */
191 @Override
192 public double getMean() {
193 return mean;
194 }
195
196 /**
197 * {@inheritDoc}
198 *
199 * <p>For shape parameter \( k \) and scale parameter \( \theta \), the
200 * variance is \( k \theta^2 \).
201 */
202 @Override
203 public double getVariance() {
204 return variance;
205 }
206
207 /**
208 * {@inheritDoc}
209 *
210 * <p>The lower bound of the support is always 0.
211 *
212 * @return 0.
213 */
214 @Override
215 public double getSupportLowerBound() {
216 return SUPPORT_LO;
217 }
218
219 /**
220 * {@inheritDoc}
221 *
222 * <p>The upper bound of the support is always positive infinity.
223 *
224 * @return {@linkplain Double#POSITIVE_INFINITY positive infinity}.
225 */
226 @Override
227 public double getSupportUpperBound() {
228 return SUPPORT_HI;
229 }
230
231 /** {@inheritDoc} */
232 @Override
233 public ContinuousDistribution.Sampler createSampler(final UniformRandomProvider rng) {
234 // Gamma distribution sampler.
235 return AhrensDieterMarsagliaTsangGammaSampler.of(rng, shape, scale)::sample;
236 }
237 }