commons-rng-sampling/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rng/sampling/distribution/BoxMullerNormalizedGaussianSampler.java

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package org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution;

import org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider;

/**
 * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box%E2%80%93Muller_transform">
 * Box-Muller algorithm</a> for sampling from Gaussian distribution with
 * mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public class BoxMullerNormalizedGaussianSampler
    implements NormalizedGaussianSampler {
    /** Next gaussian. */
    private double nextGaussian = Double.NaN;
    /** Underlying source of randomness. */
    private final UniformRandomProvider rng;

    /**
     * @param rng Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers.
     */
    public BoxMullerNormalizedGaussianSampler(UniformRandomProvider rng) {
        this.rng = rng;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public double sample() {
        final double random;
        if (Double.isNaN(nextGaussian)) {
            // Generate a pair of Gaussian numbers.

            final double x = rng.nextDouble();
            final double y = rng.nextDouble();
            final double alpha = 2 * Math.PI * x;
            final double r = Math.sqrt(-2 * Math.log(y));

            // Return the first element of the generated pair.
            random = r * Math.cos(alpha);

            // Keep second element of the pair for next invocation.
            nextGaussian = r * Math.sin(alpha);
        } else {
            // Use the second element of the pair (generated at the
            // previous invocation).
            random = nextGaussian;

            // Both elements of the pair have been used.
            nextGaussian = Double.NaN;
        }

        return random;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Box-Muller normalized Gaussian deviate [" + rng.toString() + "]";
    }
}