// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. #include "absl/random/discrete_distribution.h" namespace absl { ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace random_internal { // Initializes the distribution table for Walker's Aliasing algorithm, described // in Knuth, Vol 2. as well as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_method std::vector> InitDiscreteDistribution( std::vector* probabilities) { // The empty-case should already be handled by the constructor. assert(probabilities); assert(!probabilities->empty()); // Step 1. Normalize the input probabilities to 1.0. double sum = std::accumulate(std::begin(*probabilities), std::end(*probabilities), 0.0); if (std::fabs(sum - 1.0) > 1e-6) { // Scale `probabilities` only when the sum is too far from 1.0. Scaling // unconditionally will alter the probabilities slightly. for (double& item : *probabilities) { item = item / sum; } } // Step 2. At this point `probabilities` is set to the conditional // probabilities of each element which sum to 1.0, to within reasonable error. // These values are used to construct the proportional probability tables for // the selection phases of Walker's Aliasing algorithm. // // To construct the table, pick an element which is under-full (i.e., an // element for which `(*probabilities)[i] < 1.0/n`), and pair it with an // element which is over-full (i.e., an element for which // `(*probabilities)[i] > 1.0/n`). The smaller value can always be retired. // The larger may still be greater than 1.0/n, or may now be less than 1.0/n, // and put back onto the appropriate collection. const size_t n = probabilities->size(); std::vector> q; q.reserve(n); std::vector over; std::vector under; size_t idx = 0; for (const double item : *probabilities) { assert(item >= 0); const double v = item * n; q.emplace_back(v, 0); if (v < 1.0) { under.push_back(idx++); } else { over.push_back(idx++); } } while (!over.empty() && !under.empty()) { auto lo = under.back(); under.pop_back(); auto hi = over.back(); over.pop_back(); q[lo].second = hi; const double r = q[hi].first - (1.0 - q[lo].first); q[hi].first = r; if (r < 1.0) { under.push_back(hi); } else { over.push_back(hi); } } // Due to rounding errors, there may be un-paired elements in either // collection; these should all be values near 1.0. For these values, set `q` // to 1.0 and set the alternate to the identity. for (auto i : over) { q[i] = {1.0, i}; } for (auto i : under) { q[i] = {1.0, i}; } return q; } } // namespace random_internal ABSL_NAMESPACE_END } // namespace absl