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/**
* This package contains classes for sampling from statistical distributions.
*
* <p>As of version 1.0, the code for specific distributions was adapted from
* the corresponding classes in the development version of "Commons Math" (in
* package {@code org.apache.commons.math4.distribution}).
* </p>
* <p>
* When no specific algorithm is provided, one can still sample from any
* distribution, using the <em>inverse method</em>, as illustrated in:
* </p>
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.InverseTransformDiscreteSampler InverseTransformDiscreteSampler}</li>
* <li>{@link org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.InverseTransformContinuousSampler InverseTransformContinuousSampler}</li>
* </ul>
*
* <p>
* Algorithms are described in e.g. Luc Devroye (1986), <a href="http://luc.devroye.org/chapter_nine.pdf">chapter 9</a>
* and <a href="http://luc.devroye.org/chapter_ten.pdf">chapter 10</a>.
* This <a href="http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~wl/papers/07/csur07dt.pdf">paper</a> discusses Gaussian generators.
* </p>
*/
package org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution;