Commons Math example source code file (AbstractContinuousDistribution.java)

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The Commons Math AbstractContinuousDistribution.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.math.distribution;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math.ConvergenceException;
import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
import org.apache.commons.math.MathRuntimeException;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.UnivariateRealFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.solvers.BrentSolver;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.solvers.UnivariateRealSolverUtils;

/**
 * Base class for continuous distributions.  Default implementations are
 * provided for some of the methods that do not vary from distribution to
 * distribution.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 925812 $ $Date: 2010-03-21 11:49:31 -0400 (Sun, 21 Mar 2010) $
 */
public abstract class AbstractContinuousDistribution
    extends AbstractDistribution
    implements ContinuousDistribution, Serializable {

    /** Serializable version identifier */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -38038050983108802L;

    /**
     * Solver absolute accuracy for inverse cum computation
     * @since 2.1
     */
    private double solverAbsoluteAccuracy = BrentSolver.DEFAULT_ABSOLUTE_ACCURACY;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    protected AbstractContinuousDistribution() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Return the probability density for a particular point.
     * @param x  The point at which the density should be computed.
     * @return  The pdf at point x.
     * @throws MathRuntimeException if the specialized class hasn't implemented this function
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public double density(double x) throws MathRuntimeException {
        throw new MathRuntimeException(new UnsupportedOperationException(),
                "This distribution does not have a density function implemented");
    }

    /**
     * For this distribution, X, this method returns the critical point x, such
     * that P(X < x) = <code>p.
     *
     * @param p the desired probability
     * @return x, such that P(X < x) = <code>p
     * @throws MathException if the inverse cumulative probability can not be
     *         computed due to convergence or other numerical errors.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>p is not a valid
     *         probability.
     */
    public double inverseCumulativeProbability(final double p)
        throws MathException {
        if (p < 0.0 || p > 1.0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  "{0} out of [{1}, {2}] range", p, 0.0, 1.0);
        }

        // by default, do simple root finding using bracketing and default solver.
        // subclasses can override if there is a better method.
        UnivariateRealFunction rootFindingFunction =
            new UnivariateRealFunction() {
            public double value(double x) throws FunctionEvaluationException {
                double ret = Double.NaN;
                try {
                    ret = cumulativeProbability(x) - p;
                } catch (MathException ex) {
                    throw new FunctionEvaluationException(ex, x, ex.getPattern(), ex.getArguments());
                }
                if (Double.isNaN(ret)) {
                    throw new FunctionEvaluationException(x,
                        "Cumulative probability function returned NaN for argument {0} p = {1}", x, p);
                }
                return ret;
            }
        };

        // Try to bracket root, test domain endoints if this fails
        double lowerBound = getDomainLowerBound(p);
        double upperBound = getDomainUpperBound(p);
        double[] bracket = null;
        try {
            bracket = UnivariateRealSolverUtils.bracket(
                    rootFindingFunction, getInitialDomain(p),
                    lowerBound, upperBound);
        }  catch (ConvergenceException ex) {
            /*
             * Check domain endpoints to see if one gives value that is within
             * the default solver's defaultAbsoluteAccuracy of 0 (will be the
             * case if density has bounded support and p is 0 or 1).
             */
            if (Math.abs(rootFindingFunction.value(lowerBound)) < getSolverAbsoluteAccuracy()) {
                return lowerBound;
            }
            if (Math.abs(rootFindingFunction.value(upperBound)) < getSolverAbsoluteAccuracy()) {
                return upperBound;
            }
            // Failed bracket convergence was not because of corner solution
            throw new MathException(ex);
        }

        // find root
        double root = UnivariateRealSolverUtils.solve(rootFindingFunction,
                // override getSolverAbsoluteAccuracy() to use a Brent solver with
                // absolute accuracy different from BrentSolver default
                bracket[0],bracket[1], getSolverAbsoluteAccuracy());
        return root;
    }

    /**
     * Access the initial domain value, based on <code>p, used to
     * bracket a CDF root.  This method is used by
     * {@link #inverseCumulativeProbability(double)} to find critical values.
     *
     * @param p the desired probability for the critical value
     * @return initial domain value
     */
    protected abstract double getInitialDomain(double p);

    /**
     * Access the domain value lower bound, based on <code>p, used to
     * bracket a CDF root.  This method is used by
     * {@link #inverseCumulativeProbability(double)} to find critical values.
     *
     * @param p the desired probability for the critical value
     * @return domain value lower bound, i.e.
     *         P(X < <i>lower bound) < p
     */
    protected abstract double getDomainLowerBound(double p);

    /**
     * Access the domain value upper bound, based on <code>p, used to
     * bracket a CDF root.  This method is used by
     * {@link #inverseCumulativeProbability(double)} to find critical values.
     *
     * @param p the desired probability for the critical value
     * @return domain value upper bound, i.e.
     *         P(X < <i>upper bound) > p
     */
    protected abstract double getDomainUpperBound(double p);

    /**
     * Returns the solver absolute accuracy for inverse cum computation.
     *
     * @return the maximum absolute error in inverse cumulative probability estimates
     * @since 2.1
     */
    protected double getSolverAbsoluteAccuracy() {
        return solverAbsoluteAccuracy;
    }
}