TSampler (Apache Commons RNG Sampling 1.7 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.TSampler

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContinuousSampler, SharedStateContinuousSampler, SharedStateSampler<SharedStateContinuousSampler>
```
public abstract class TSampler
extends Object
implements SharedStateContinuousSampler
```
Sampling from a T distribution.
Uses Bailey's algorithm for t-distribution sampling:
```
 Bailey, R. W. (1994)
 "Polar Generation of Random Variates with the t-Distribution."
 Mathematics of Computation 62, 779-781.
 
```
Sampling uses UniformRandomProvider.nextLong().
Since:

1.5

See Also:

Student's T distribution (wikipedia), Mathematics of Computation, 62, 779-781

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static TSampler`	`of(org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider rng, double degreesOfFreedom)`	Create a new t distribution sampler.
`String`	`toString()`
`abstract TSampler`	`withUniformRandomProvider(org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider rng)`	Create a new instance of the sampler with the same underlying state using the given uniform random provider as the source of randomness.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution.ContinuousSampler
sample, samples, samples

- Method Detail
  - withUniformRandomProvider
```
public abstract TSampler withUniformRandomProvider(org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider rng)
```
    Create a new instance of the sampler with the same underlying state using the given uniform random provider as the source of randomness.
    
    Specified by:
    
    withUniformRandomProvider in interface SharedStateSampler<SharedStateContinuousSampler>
    
    Parameters:
    
    rng - Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers.
    
    Returns:
    
    the sampler
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - of
```
public static TSampler of(org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider rng,
                          double degreesOfFreedom)
```
    Create a new t distribution sampler.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rng - Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers.
    
    degreesOfFreedom - Degrees of freedom.
    
    Returns:
    
    the sampler
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if degreesOfFreedom <= 0