/** * @license Apache-2.0 * * Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ 'use strict'; // MODULES // var factory = require( './factory.js' ); // MAIN // /** * Generates a beta distributed random number. * * ## References * * - Ahrens, J.H., and U. Dieter. 1974. "Computer methods for sampling from gamma, beta, poisson and bionomial distributions." _Computing_ 12 (3): 223–46. doi:[10.1007/BF02293108](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02293108). * - Jöhnk, M.D. 1964. "Erzeugung von Betaverteilten Und Gammaverteilten Zufallszahlen." _Metrika_ 8: 5–15. . * * @name beta * @type {PRNG} * @param {PositiveNumber} alpha - first shape parameter * @param {PositiveNumber} beta - second shape parameter * @returns {Probability} pseudorandom number * * @example * var r = beta( 2.0, 5.0 ); * // returns * * @example * var r = beta( -2.0, 5.0 ); * // returns NaN */ var beta = factory(); // EXPORTS // module.exports = beta;