[jira] [Created] (RNG-92) LargeMeanPoissonSampler cannot handle a mean less than 1

["Alex D Herbert (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alex D Herbert created RNG-92:
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             Summary: LargeMeanPoissonSampler cannot handle a mean less than 1
                 Key: RNG-92
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-92
             Project: Commons RNG
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: sampling
    Affects Versions: 1.3
            Reporter: Alex D Herbert
            Assignee: Alex D Herbert


The LargeMeanPoissonSampler computes:
{code:java}
lambda = Math.floor(mean);
logLambda = Math.log(lambda);
{code}
So if the mean is less than 1 the logLambda is NaN and other precomputed factors are based on a lambda of zero. This results in infinite loop within the sampler method.

Fix by removing support for a mean less than 1.



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