praat/external/gsl/gsl_randist__logistic.c

/* randist/logistic.c
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 James Theiler, Brian Gough
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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 */

#include "gsl__config.h"
#include <math.h>
#include "gsl_rng.h"
#include "gsl_randist.h"

/* The logistic distribution has the form,

   p(x) dx = (1/a) exp(-x/a) / (1 + exp(-x/a))^2 dx

   for -infty < x < infty */

double
gsl_ran_logistic (const gsl_rng * r, const double a)
{
  double x, z;

  do
    {
      x = gsl_rng_uniform_pos (r);
    }
  while (x == 1);

  z = log (x / (1 - x));

  return a * z;
}

double
gsl_ran_logistic_pdf (const double x, const double a)
{
  double u = exp (-fabs(x)/a);
  double p = u / (fabs(a) * (1 + u) * (1 + u));
  return p;
}