/* 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

 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at

 * your option) any later version.

 * 

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

 * General Public License for more details.

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 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

 */

#include <config.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>

#include <gsl/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;

}