46 lines
1.1 KiB
JavaScript
46 lines
1.1 KiB
JavaScript
/**
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* @license Apache-2.0
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*
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* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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'use strict';
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// MODULES //
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var normalQuantile = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/normal/quantile' );
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// MAIN //
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/**
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* Returns a pseudorandom number drawn from a Lévy distribution.
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*
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* @private
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* @param {PRNG} rand - PRNG for uniformly distributed numbers
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* @param {number} mu - location parameter
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* @param {PositiveNumber} c - scale parameter
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* @returns {number} pseudorandom number
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*/
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function levy( rand, mu, c ) {
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var z = normalQuantile( 1.0 - ( rand() / 2.0 ), 0.0, 1.0 );
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return mu + ( c / ( z*z ) );
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}
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// EXPORTS //
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module.exports = levy;
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