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package org.apache.commons.math3.distribution;

import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.OutOfRangeException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.random.RandomGenerator;
import org.apache.commons.math3.random.Well19937c;
import org.apache.commons.math3.special.Erf;
import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;

/**
 * This class implements the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9vy_distribution">
 * Lévy distribution</a>.
 *
 * @since 3.2
 */
public class LevyDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {

    /** Serializable UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20130314L;

    /** Location parameter. */
    private final double mu;

    /** Scale parameter. */
    private final double c;  // Setting this to 1 returns a cumProb of 1.0

    /** Half of c (for calculations). */
    private final double halfC;

    /**
     * Build a new instance.
     * <p>
     * <b>Note: this constructor will implicitly create an instance of
     * {@link Well19937c} as random generator to be used for sampling only (see
     * {@link #sample()} and {@link #sample(int)}). In case no sampling is
     * needed for the created distribution, it is advised to pass {@code null}
     * as random generator via the appropriate constructors to avoid the
     * additional initialisation overhead.
     *
     * @param mu location parameter
     * @param c scale parameter
     * @since 3.4
     */
    public LevyDistribution(final double mu, final double c) {
        this(new Well19937c(), mu, c);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a LevyDistribution.
     * @param rng random generator to be used for sampling
     * @param mu location
     * @param c scale parameter
     */
    public LevyDistribution(final RandomGenerator rng, final double mu, final double c) {
        super(rng);
        this.mu    = mu;
        this.c     = c;
        this.halfC = 0.5 * c;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
    * <p>
    * From Wikipedia: The probability density function of the Lévy distribution
    * over the domain is
    * </p>
    * <pre>
    * f(x; ?, c) = √(c / 2?) * e<sup>-c / 2 (x - ?) / (x - ?)3/2
    * </pre>
    * <p>
    * For this distribution, {@code X}, this method returns {@code P(X < x)}.
    * If {@code x} is less than location parameter ?, {@code Double.NaN} is
    * returned, as in these cases the distribution is not defined.
    * </p>
    */
    public double density(final double x) {
        if (x < mu) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }

        final double delta = x - mu;
        final double f     = halfC / delta;
        return FastMath.sqrt(f / FastMath.PI) * FastMath.exp(-f) /delta;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * See documentation of {@link #density(double)} for computation details.
     */
    @Override
    public double logDensity(double x) {
        if (x < mu) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }

        final double delta = x - mu;
        final double f     = halfC / delta;
        return 0.5 * FastMath.log(f / FastMath.PI) - f - FastMath.log(delta);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * From Wikipedia: the cumulative distribution function is
     * </p>
     * <pre>
     * f(x; u, c) = erfc (√ (c / 2 (x - u )))
     * </pre>
     */
    public double cumulativeProbability(final double x) {
        if (x < mu) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        return Erf.erfc(FastMath.sqrt(halfC / (x - mu)));
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public double inverseCumulativeProbability(final double p) throws OutOfRangeException {
        if (p < 0.0 || p > 1.0) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(p, 0, 1);
        }
        final double t = Erf.erfcInv(p);
        return mu + halfC / (t * t);
    }

    /** Get the scale parameter of the distribution.
     * @return scale parameter of the distribution
     */
    public double getScale() {
        return c;
    }

    /** Get the location parameter of the distribution.
     * @return location parameter of the distribution
     */
    public double getLocation() {
        return mu;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double getNumericalMean() {
        return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double getNumericalVariance() {
        return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double getSupportLowerBound() {
        return mu;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double getSupportUpperBound() {
        return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean isSupportLowerBoundInclusive() {
        // there is a division by x-mu in the computation, so density
        // is not finite at lower bound, bound must be excluded
        return false;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean isSupportUpperBoundInclusive() {
        // upper bound is infinite, so it must be excluded
        return false;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean isSupportConnected() {
        return true;
    }

}