/** * @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'; /** * Generates a binomially distributed pseudorandom number by computing the sum of Bernoulli random variables. * * @private * @param {PRNG} rand - PRNG for uniformly distributed numbers * @param {PositiveInteger} n - number of trials * @param {Probability} p - success probability * @returns {NonNegativeInteger} pseudorandom number */ function sample( rand, n, p ) { var sum = 0; var i; for ( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) { if ( rand() <= p ) { sum += 1; } } return sum; } // EXPORTS // module.exports = sample;