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## cern.jet.random
Class NegativeBinomial

    java.lang.Object
      cern.colt.PersistentObject
          cern.jet.random.AbstractDistribution
              cern.jet.random.AbstractDiscreteDistribution
                  cern.jet.random.NegativeBinomial

All Implemented Interfaces:
  DoubleFunction, IntFunction, Serializable, Cloneable

    public class NegativeBinomial

extends AbstractDiscreteDistribution

Negative Binomial distribution; See the math definition.

Instance methods operate on a user supplied uniform random number generator; they are unsynchronized.

Static methods operate on a default uniform random number generator; they are synchronized.

Implementation: High performance implementation. Compound method.

This is a port of `nbp.c` from the C-RAND / WIN-RAND library. C-RAND's implementation, in turn, is based upon

J.H. Ahrens, U. Dieter (1974): Computer methods for sampling from gamma, beta, Poisson and binomial distributions, Computing 12, 223--246.

Version:
  1.0, 09/24/99
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cern.colt.PersistentObject
`serialVersionUID`

Constructor Summary
`NegativeBinomial(int n, double p, RandomEngine randomGenerator)` Constructs a Negative Binomial distribution.

Method Summary
`double` `cdf(int k)` Returns the cumulative distribution function.
`Object` `clone()` Returns a deep copy of the receiver; the copy will produce identical sequences.
`int` `nextInt()` Returns a random number from the distribution.
`int` `nextInt(int n, double p)` Returns a random number from the distribution; bypasses the internal state.
`double` `pdf(int k)` Returns the probability distribution function.
`void` `setNandP(int n, double p)` Sets the parameters number of trials and the probability of success.
`static int` `staticNextInt(int n, double p)` Returns a random number from the distribution with the given parameters n and p.
`String` `toString()` Returns a String representation of the receiver.

Methods inherited from class cern.jet.random.AbstractDiscreteDistribution
`nextDouble`

Methods inherited from class cern.jet.random.AbstractDistribution
`apply, apply, makeDefaultGenerator`

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

Constructor Detail

### NegativeBinomial

    public NegativeBinomial(int n,
                            double p,
                            RandomEngine randomGenerator)

  Constructs a Negative Binomial distribution. Example: n=1, p=0.5.

  Parameters:
    `n` - the number of trials.
    `p` - the probability of success.
    `randomGenerator` - a uniform random number generator.

Method Detail

### cdf

    public double cdf(int k)

  Returns the cumulative distribution function.

### clone

    public Object clone()

  Returns a deep copy of the receiver; the copy will produce identical sequences. After this call has returned, the copy and the receiver have equal but separate state.

  Overrides:
    `clone` in class `AbstractDistribution`
  Returns:
    a copy of the receiver.

### nextInt

    public int nextInt()

  Returns a random number from the distribution.

  Specified by:
    `nextInt` in class `AbstractDiscreteDistribution`

### nextInt

    public int nextInt(int n,
                       double p)

  Returns a random number from the distribution; bypasses the internal state.

### pdf

    public double pdf(int k)

  Returns the probability distribution function.

### setNandP

    public void setNandP(int n,
                         double p)

  Sets the parameters number of trials and the probability of success.

  Parameters:
    `n` - the number of trials
    `p` - the probability of success.

### staticNextInt

    public static int staticNextInt(int n,
                                    double p)

  Returns a random number from the distribution with the given parameters n and p.

  Parameters:
    `n` - the number of trials
    `p` - the probability of success.

### toString

    public String toString()

  Returns a String representation of the receiver.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

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