Class RejectionInversionZipfSampler

    • Method Summary

      Modifier and Type Method Description
      int sample()
      Rejection inversion sampling method for a discrete, bounded Zipf distribution that is based on the method described in Wolfgang Hörmann and Gerhard Derflinger.
      java.lang.String toString()
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • RejectionInversionZipfSampler

        public RejectionInversionZipfSampler​(UniformRandomProvider rng,
                                             int numberOfElements,
                                             double exponent)
        Parameters:
        rng - Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers.
        numberOfElements - Number of elements.
        exponent - Exponent.
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if numberOfElements <= 0 or exponent <= 0.
    • Method Detail

      • sample

        public int sample()
        Rejection inversion sampling method for a discrete, bounded Zipf distribution that is based on the method described in
        Wolfgang Hörmann and Gerhard Derflinger. "Rejection-inversion to generate variates from monotone discrete distributions",
        ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS) 6.3 (1996): 169-184.
        Specified by:
        sample in interface DiscreteSampler
        Returns:
        a sample.