commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/rank/MedianOf3PivotingStrategy.java

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package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.stat.descriptive.rank;

import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.core.MathArrays;

/**
 * Classic median of 3 strategy given begin and end indices.
 * @since 3.4
 */
public class MedianOf3PivotingStrategy implements PivotingStrategy {
    /**{@inheritDoc}
     * This in specific makes use of median of 3 pivoting.
     * @return The index corresponding to a pivot chosen between the
     * first, middle and the last indices of the array slice
     * @throws org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException MathIllegalArgumentException when indices exceeds range
     */
    @Override
    public int pivotIndex(final double[] work, final int begin, final int end) {
        MathArrays.verifyValues(work, begin, end - begin);
        final int inclusiveEnd = end - 1;
        final int middle = begin + (inclusiveEnd - begin) / 2;
        final double wBegin = work[begin];
        final double wMiddle = work[middle];
        final double wEnd = work[inclusiveEnd];

        if (wBegin < wMiddle) {
            if (wMiddle < wEnd) {
                return middle;
            } else {
                return wBegin < wEnd ? inclusiveEnd : begin;
            }
        } else {
            if (wBegin < wEnd) {
                return begin;
            } else {
                return wMiddle < wEnd ? inclusiveEnd : middle;
            }
        }
    }

}