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/* randist/geometric.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.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * 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>

/* Geometric distribution (bernoulli trial with probability p) 

   prob(k) =  p (1 - p)^(k-1) for n = 1, 2, 3, ...

   It gives the distribution of "waiting times" for an event that
   occurs with probability p. */

unsigned int
gsl_ran_geometric (const gsl_rng * r, const double p)
{
  double u = gsl_rng_uniform_pos (r);

  unsigned int k;

  if (p == 1)
    {
      k = 1;
    }
  else
    {
      k = log (u) / log (1 - p) + 1;
    }

  return k;
}

double
gsl_ran_geometric_pdf (const unsigned int k, const double p)
{
  if (k == 0)
    {
      return 0 ;
    }
  else if (k == 1)
    {
      return p ;
    }
  else
    {
      double P = p * pow (1 - p, k - 1.0);
      return P;
    }
}