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17  package org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution;
18  
19  /**
20   * Implementation of the Laplace distribution.
21   *
22   * <p>The probability density function of \( X \) is:
23   *
24   * <p>\[ f(x; \mu, b) = \frac{1}{2b} \exp \left( -\frac{|x-\mu|}{b} \right) \]
25   *
26   * <p>for \( \mu \) the location,
27   * \( b &gt; 0 \) the scale, and
28   * \( x \in (-\infty, \infty) \).
29   *
30   * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_distribution">Laplace distribution (Wikipedia)</a>
31   * @see <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LaplaceDistribution.html">Laplace distribution (MathWorld)</a>
32   */
33  public final class LaplaceDistribution extends AbstractContinuousDistribution {
34      /** The location parameter. */
35      private final double mu;
36      /** The scale parameter. */
37      private final double beta;
38      /** log(2 * beta). */
39      private final double log2beta;
40  
41      /**
42       * @param mu Location parameter.
43       * @param beta Scale parameter (must be positive).
44       */
45      private LaplaceDistribution(double mu,
46                                  double beta) {
47          this.mu = mu;
48          this.beta = beta;
49          log2beta = Math.log(2.0 * beta);
50      }
51  
52      /**
53       * Creates a Laplace distribution.
54       *
55       * @param mu Location parameter.
56       * @param beta Scale parameter (must be positive).
57       * @return the distribution
58       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code beta <= 0}
59       */
60      public static LaplaceDistribution of(double mu,
61                                           double beta) {
62          if (beta <= 0) {
63              throw new DistributionException(DistributionException.NOT_STRICTLY_POSITIVE, beta);
64          }
65          return new LaplaceDistribution(mu, beta);
66      }
67  
68      /**
69       * Gets the location parameter of this distribution.
70       *
71       * @return the location parameter.
72       */
73      public double getLocation() {
74          return mu;
75      }
76  
77      /**
78       * Gets the scale parameter of this distribution.
79       *
80       * @return the scale parameter.
81       */
82      public double getScale() {
83          return beta;
84      }
85  
86      /** {@inheritDoc} */
87      @Override
88      public double density(double x) {
89          return Math.exp(-Math.abs(x - mu) / beta) / (2.0 * beta);
90      }
91  
92      /** {@inheritDoc} */
93      @Override
94      public double logDensity(double x) {
95          return -Math.abs(x - mu) / beta - log2beta;
96      }
97  
98      /** {@inheritDoc} */
99      @Override
100     public double cumulativeProbability(double x) {
101         if (x <= mu) {
102             return 0.5 * Math.exp((x - mu) / beta);
103         }
104         return 1.0 - 0.5 * Math.exp((mu - x) / beta);
105     }
106 
107     /** {@inheritDoc} */
108     @Override
109     public double survivalProbability(double x) {
110         if (x <= mu) {
111             return 1.0 - 0.5 * Math.exp((x - mu) / beta);
112         }
113         return 0.5 * Math.exp((mu - x) / beta);
114     }
115 
116     /** {@inheritDoc} */
117     @Override
118     public double inverseCumulativeProbability(double p) {
119         ArgumentUtils.checkProbability(p);
120         if (p == 0) {
121             return Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
122         } else if (p == 1) {
123             return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
124         }
125         final double x = (p > 0.5) ? -Math.log(2.0 * (1.0 - p)) : Math.log(2.0 * p);
126         return mu + beta * x;
127     }
128 
129     /** {@inheritDoc} */
130     @Override
131     public double inverseSurvivalProbability(double p) {
132         ArgumentUtils.checkProbability(p);
133         if (p == 1) {
134             return Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
135         } else if (p == 0) {
136             return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
137         }
138         // By symmetry: x = -icdf(p); then transform back by the scale and location
139         final double x = (p > 0.5) ? Math.log(2.0 * (1.0 - p)) : -Math.log(2.0 * p);
140         return mu + beta * x;
141     }
142 
143     /**
144      * {@inheritDoc}
145      *
146      * <p>The mean is equal to the {@linkplain #getLocation() location}.
147      */
148     @Override
149     public double getMean() {
150         return getLocation();
151     }
152 
153     /**
154      * {@inheritDoc}
155      *
156      * <p>For scale parameter \( b \), the variance is \( 2 b^2 \).
157      */
158     @Override
159     public double getVariance() {
160         return 2.0 * beta * beta;
161     }
162 
163     /**
164      * {@inheritDoc}
165      *
166      * <p>The lower bound of the support is always negative infinity.
167      *
168      * @return {@linkplain Double#NEGATIVE_INFINITY negative infinity}.
169      */
170     @Override
171     public double getSupportLowerBound() {
172         return Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
173     }
174 
175     /**
176      * {@inheritDoc}
177      *
178      * <p>The upper bound of the support is always positive infinity.
179      *
180      * @return {@linkplain Double#POSITIVE_INFINITY positive infinity}.
181      */
182     @Override
183     public double getSupportUpperBound() {
184         return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
185     }
186 
187     /** {@inheritDoc} */
188     @Override
189     double getMedian() {
190         // Overridden for the probability(double, double) method.
191         // This is intentionally not a public method.
192         return mu;
193     }
194 }