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This module provides a set of predicates for sampling from various distributions. The state of the random generator is threaded through using the DCG idiom.

author
- Samer Abdallah
 bernoulli(+A:prob, -X:oneof([0,1]))// is det
Sample binary random variable.
 binomial(+P:float, +N:natural, -X:natural)// is det
Sample X from a binomial distribution, ie the number of successful trials out of N trials where the probability of success of each trial is P.
 poisson(+A:nonneg, -X:float)// is det
Sample from Poisson distribution of rate A.
 discrete(+A:list(prob), -X:natural)// is det
Sample from a discrete distribution over natural numbers.
 discrete(+O:list(T), +A:list(prob), -X:T)// is det
Sample from a discrete distribution over list of objects.
 uniform01(-X:float)// is det
Sample X from uniform distribution on [0,1).
 normal(-X:float)// is det
Sample from zero-mean unit-variance Gaussian.
 exponential(-X:float)// is det
Sample from unit-mean exponential distribution.
 stable(+A, +B, -X:float)// is det
Sample from a Levy-stable distribution.
 dirichlet(+A:list(nonneg), -X:list(prob))// is det
Sample from a Dirichlet distribution.
 uniform(+Items:list(A), -A)// is det
Uniform distribution over a finite number of items. uniform :: list(A) -> expr(A).
 uniformP(+P:dcg(-A), -A)// is det
Sample uniformly from all solutions to call(P,X).
 beta(+A:nonneg, +B:nonneg, -X:prob)// is det
Sample from beta distribution.
 zeta(+A:nonneg, -X:natural)// is det
Sample from zeta (hyperbolic or power law) distribution over natural numbers. NB: Must have A > 1.
 gamma(+A:nonneg, -X:float)// is det
Sample from gamma distribution with parameter A.
 gaussian(+Mean:float, +Var:nonneg, -X:float)// is det
gaussian :: \(float, nonneg) -> expr(float). Sample from Gaussian with given mean and variance.
 inv_gamma(+A:nonneg, -X:float)// is det
Sample from inverse gamma distribution with parameter A.
 students_t(+V:nonneg, -X:float)// is det
Sample from student's t distribution with V degrees of freedom.
 product_pair(+F:dist(A), +G:dist(B), -X:pair(A,B))// is det
Sample a pair from two independent distributions.
 mixture(+Sources:list(expr(A)), +Probs:list(prob), -X:A)// is det
Sample from discrete distribution over Sources with probabilities Probs and then sample from the resulting distribution.

mixture :: \(list(expr(A)), list(prob)) -> expr(A).

Undocumented predicates

The following predicates are exported, but not or incorrectly documented.

 uniformT(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4)
 discreteT(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Arg5)
 prob(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)
 prob(Arg1, Arg2)
 pdf(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)
 pdf(Arg1, Arg2)