A lookup table for arbitrary discrete distributions. It allows the generation of random variates in O(1). Note that probability is quantized in units of 1/2^32, and all distributions with infinite support (e.g. Poisson) should be truncated.

A CondensedTable that uses boxed vectors, and is able to hold any type of element.

A CondensedTable that uses unboxed vectors.

Generate a random value using a condensed table.

Generate a condensed lookup table from a list of outcomes with given probabilities. The vector should be non-empty and the probabilites should be non-negative and sum to 1. If this is not the case, this algorithm will construct a table for some distribution that may bear no resemblance to what you intended.

Same as tableFromProbabilities but treats number as weights not probilities. Non-positive weights are discarded, and those remaining are normalized to 1.

Generate a condensed lookup table from integer weights. Weights should sum to 2^32 at least approximately. This function will correct small deviations from 2^32 such as arising from rounding errors. But for large deviations it's likely to product incorrect result with terrible performance.

Create a lookup table for the Poisson distibution. Note that table construction may have significant cost. For λ < 100 it takes as much time to build table as generation of 1000-30000 variates.

Create a lookup table for the binomial distribution.