racket/collects/math/private/distributions/impl/normal-random.rkt
Neil Toronto 6009eed8d2 Moved flvector functions into math/flonum
Sped up normal distribution sampling procedure (2x for large samples)
2012-11-29 15:45:17 -07:00

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#lang typed/racket/base
;; Return random samples from a normal distribution using the Box-Muller transform
(require racket/fixnum
"../../../flonum.rkt"
"../../../base.rkt"
"../../unsafe.rkt")
(provide flnormal-sample)
;; Leaving these in, in case we discover in the future that it's actually important for them
;; to be accurate
#|
(: flsin2pix (Flonum -> Flonum))
;; Computes sin(2*pi*x) accurately in the range [0,1]
(define (flsin2pix x)
(let*-values ([(x s) (if (x . fl> . 0.5) (values (fl- x 0.5) -1.0) (values x 1.0))]
[(x) (if (x . fl> . 0.25) (fl- 0.5 x) x)])
(fl* s (flsin (fl* (fl* 2.0 pi) x)))))
(: flcos2pix (Flonum -> Flonum))
;; Computes cos(2*pi*x) accurately in the range [0,1]
(define (flcos2pix x)
(let*-values ([(x) (if (x . fl> . 0.5) (fl- 1.0 x) x)]
[(x s) (if (x . fl> . 0.25) (values (fl- 0.5 x) 1.0) (values x -1.0))])
(fl* s (flsin (fl* (fl* 2.0 pi) (fl- x 0.25))))))
|#
(: nonzero-random (-> Flonum))
(define (nonzero-random)
(let ([u (random)])
(if (fl= u 0.0) (nonzero-random) u)))
(: flnormal-sample (Flonum Flonum Integer -> FlVector))
;; The Box-Muller method has an bad reputation, but undeservedly:
;; 1. There's nothing unstable about the floating-point implementation of the transform
;; 2. It has good tail behavior (i.e. it can return very unlikely numbers)
;; 3. With today's FPUs, there's no need to worry about computing `log' and `sin' (sheesh)
;; Points in favor: it's simple and fast
(define (flnormal-sample c s n)
(cond [(not (index? n)) (raise-argument-error 'flnormal-sample "Natural" 2 c s n)]
[else
(define xs (make-flvector n))
(cond
[(fx= n 0) xs]
[else
(define n-1 (fx- n 1))
(let loop ([#{i : Nonnegative-Fixnum} 0])
(cond [(i . fx< . n-1)
(define u1 (nonzero-random))
(define u2 (random))
(define t (flsqrt (fl* -2.0 (fllog u1))))
(define z (fl* (fl* 2.0 pi) u2))
(define x (fl* t (flcos z)))
(define y (fl* t (flsin z)))
(unsafe-flvector-set! xs i (fl+ c (fl* s x)))
(unsafe-flvector-set! xs (fx+ i 1) (fl+ c (fl* s y)))
(loop (fx+ i 2))]
[(i . fx= . n-1)
(define u1 (nonzero-random))
(define u2 (random))
(define x (fl* (flsqrt (fl* -2.0 (fllog u1)))
(flsin (fl* (fl* 2.0 pi) u2))))
(unsafe-flvector-set! xs i (fl+ c (fl* s x)))
xs]
[else
xs]))])]))