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qfall_math/integer/z/sample/
binomial.rs

1// Copyright 2023 Jan Niklas Siemer
2//
3// This file is part of qFALL-math.
4//
5// qFALL-math is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
6// the terms of the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 as published by the
7// Mozilla Foundation. See <https://mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/>.
8
9//! This module contains algorithms for sampling
10//! according to the binomial distribution.
11
12use crate::{
13    error::MathError, integer::Z, macros::seeded::seedable_function, rational::Q,
14    utils::sample::binomial::BinomialSampler,
15};
16
17impl Z {
18    seedable_function!(
19        /// Chooses a [`Z`] instance according to the binomial distribution
20        /// parameterized by `n` and `p`.
21        ///
22        /// Parameters:
23        /// - `n`: specifies the number of trials
24        /// - `p`: specifies the probability of success
25        #[seeded]
26        /// - `seed`: specifies the 256-bit seed of the PRNG used for sampling
27        #[optionally_seeded]
28        /// - `seed`: specifies an optional 256-bit seed of the PRNG used for sampling.
29        #[optionally_seeded]
30        ///   If `None` is provided, a fresh [`ThreadRng`](rand::rngs::ThreadRng) is used instead.
31        ///
32        /// Returns a fresh [`Z`] instance with a value sampled
33        /// according to the binomial distribution or a [`MathError`]
34        /// if `n < 0`, `p ∉ (0,1)`, or `n` does not fit into an [`i64`].
35        ///
36        /// # Examples
37        /// ```
38        /// use qfall_math::integer::Z;
39        ///
40        #[unseeded]
41        /// let sample = Z::sample_binomial(2, 0.5).unwrap();
42        #[seeded]
43        /// let sample = Z::sample_binomial_seeded(2, 0.5, [42; 32]).unwrap();
44        /// ```
45        ///
46        /// # Errors and Failures
47        /// - Returns a [`MathError`] of type [`InvalidIntegerInput`](MathError::InvalidIntegerInput)
48        ///   if `n < 0`.
49        /// - Returns a [`MathError`] of type [`InvalidInterval`](MathError::InvalidInterval)
50        ///   if `p ∉ (0,1)`.
51        /// - Returns a [`MathError`] of type [`ConversionError`](MathError::ConversionError)
52        ///   if `n` does not fit into an [`i64`].
53        pub(crate) fn sample_binomial(
54            n: impl Into<Z>,
55            p: impl Into<Q>,
56            seed: Option<[u8; 32]>,
57        ) -> Result<Self, MathError> {
58            let mut bin_sampler = BinomialSampler::init(n, p, seed)?;
59
60            Ok(bin_sampler.sample())
61        }
62    );
63}
64
65#[cfg(test)]
66mod test_sample_binomial {
67    use super::{Q, Z};
68    use crate::utils::sample::test_seed;
69
70    // As all major tests regarding an appropriate binomial distribution,
71    // whether the correct interval is kept, and if the errors are thrown correctly,
72    // are performed in the `utils` module, we omit these tests here.
73
74    /// Checks whether `sample_binomial` is available for all types
75    /// implementing [`Into<Z>`], i.e. u8, u16, u32, u64, i8, ...
76    /// and [`Into<Q>`], i.e. u8, u16, i8, i16, f32, f64, ...
77    #[test]
78    fn availability() {
79        for seeded in [false, true] {
80            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1u16, 7u8, seeded.then(test_seed));
81            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1u32, 7u16, seeded.then(test_seed));
82            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1u64, 7u32, seeded.then(test_seed));
83            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1i8, 7u64, seeded.then(test_seed));
84            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1i16, 7i8, seeded.then(test_seed));
85            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1i32, 7i16, seeded.then(test_seed));
86            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1i64, 7i32, seeded.then(test_seed));
87            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(Z::ONE, 7i64, seeded.then(test_seed));
88            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1u8, 0.5f32, seeded.then(test_seed));
89            let _ = Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1u8, 0.5f64, seeded.then(test_seed));
90            let _ =
91                Z::sample_binomial_optionally_seeded(1, Q::from((1, 2)), seeded.then(test_seed));
92
93            // explicitly checks the existence of the unseeded and the seeded function
94            if seeded {
95                let _ = Z::sample_binomial_seeded(1u16, 7u8, test_seed());
96            } else {
97                let _ = Z::sample_binomial(1u16, 7u8);
98            }
99        }
100    }
101
102    /// Checks whether the same seed results in the same sample.
103    #[test]
104    fn same_seed_same_sample() {
105        use crate::integer::Z;
106        let sample_0 = Z::sample_binomial_seeded(2, 0.5, [42; 32]).unwrap();
107        let sample_1 = Z::sample_binomial_seeded(2, 0.5, [42; 32]).unwrap();
108
109        assert_eq!(sample_0, sample_1);
110    }
111
112    /// Checks whether the seeded variant outputs the known sample for a fixed seed.
113    #[test]
114    fn known_answer() {
115        use crate::integer::Z;
116        let sample = Z::sample_binomial_seeded(2, 0.5, [42; 32]).unwrap();
117
118        assert_eq!("0", sample.to_string());
119    }
120}