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[math] [MATH-1153] Improve performance of BetaDistribution.sample(). Thanks to Sergei Lebedev.

Repository: commons-math
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/MATH_3_X 2011e11e5 -> f5d028ca6


[MATH-1153] Improve performance of BetaDistribution.sample(). Thanks to Sergei Lebedev.


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Branch: refs/heads/MATH_3_X
Commit: f5d028ca6af5591ca51785da7c15d7bd81d4215f
Parents: 2011e11
Author: Thomas Neidhart <th...@gmail.com>
Authored: Fri May 1 12:07:52 2015 +0200
Committer: Thomas Neidhart <th...@gmail.com>
Committed: Fri May 1 12:07:52 2015 +0200

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 pom.xml                                         |   3 +
 src/changes/changes.xml                         |   3 +
 .../math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java    | 134 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java      |  73 ++++++++++
 .../math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java   |  94 +++++--------
 5 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/f5d028ca/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 223b316..7c55d33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@
       <name>Piotr Kochanski</name>
     </contributor>
     <contributor>
+      <name>Sergei Lebedev</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
       <name>Bob MacCallum</name>
     </contributor>
     <contributor>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/f5d028ca/src/changes/changes.xml
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diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 0759e8e..2e818b2 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ If the output is not quite correct, check for invisible trailing spaces!
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="3.6" date="XXXX-XX-XX" description="">
+      <action dev="tn" type="fix" issue="MATH-1153" due-to="Sergei Lebedev">
+        Improve performance of "BetaDistribution#sample()" by using Cheng's algorithm.
+      </action>
       <action dev="tn" type="fix" issue="MATH-1197">
         Computation of 2-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic in case of ties
         was not correct.

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/f5d028ca/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java
index 3f62f64..19b19e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistribution.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math3.random.Well19937c;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.special.Beta;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.special.Gamma;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.util.Precision;
 
 /**
  * Implements the Beta distribution.
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public double density(double x) {
         final double logDensity = logDensity(x);
         return logDensity == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY ? 0 : FastMath.exp(logDensity);
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public double cumulativeProbability(double x)  {
         if (x <= 0) {
             return 0;
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
      * For first shape parameter {@code alpha} and second shape parameter
      * {@code beta}, the mean is {@code alpha / (alpha + beta)}.
      */
+    @Override
     public double getNumericalMean() {
         final double a = getAlpha();
         return a / (a + getBeta());
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
      * {@code beta}, the variance is
      * {@code (alpha * beta) / [(alpha + beta)^2 * (alpha + beta + 1)]}.
      */
+    @Override
     public double getNumericalVariance() {
         final double a = getAlpha();
         final double b = getBeta();
@@ -231,6 +236,7 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
      *
      * @return lower bound of the support (always 0)
      */
+    @Override
     public double getSupportLowerBound() {
         return 0;
     }
@@ -242,16 +248,19 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
      *
      * @return upper bound of the support (always 1)
      */
+    @Override
     public double getSupportUpperBound() {
         return 1;
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public boolean isSupportLowerBoundInclusive() {
         return false;
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public boolean isSupportUpperBoundInclusive() {
         return false;
     }
@@ -263,7 +272,132 @@ public class BetaDistribution extends AbstractRealDistribution {
      *
      * @return {@code true}
      */
+    @Override
     public boolean isSupportConnected() {
         return true;
     }
+
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc}
+    * <p>
+    * Sampling is performed using Cheng algorithms:
+    * </p>
+    * <p>
+    * R. C. H. Cheng, "Generating beta variates with nonintegral shape parameters.".
+    *                 Communications of the ACM, 21, 317–322, 1978.
+    * </p>
+    */
+    @Override
+    public double sample() {
+        return ChengBetaSampler.sample(random, alpha, beta);
+    }
+
+    /** Utility class implementing Cheng's algorithms for beta distribution sampling.
+     * <p>
+     * R. C. H. Cheng, "Generating beta variates with nonintegral shape parameters.".
+     *                 Communications of the ACM, 21, 317–322, 1978.
+     * </p>
+     * @since 3.6
+     */
+    private static final class ChengBetaSampler {
+
+        /**
+         * Returns one sample using Cheng's sampling algorithm.
+         * @param random random generator to use
+         * @param alpha distribution first shape parameter
+         * @param beta distribution second shape parameter
+         * @return sampled value
+         */
+        static double sample(RandomGenerator random, final double alpha, final double beta) {
+            final double a = FastMath.min(alpha, beta);
+            final double b = FastMath.max(alpha, beta);
+
+            if (a > 1) {
+                return algorithmBB(random, alpha, a, b);
+            } else {
+                return algorithmBC(random, alpha, b, a);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns one sample using Cheng's BB algorithm, when both &alpha; and &beta; are greater than 1.
+         */
+        private static double algorithmBB(RandomGenerator random,
+                                          final double a0,
+                                          final double a,
+                                          final double b) {
+            final double alpha = a + b;
+            final double beta = FastMath.sqrt((alpha - 2.) / (2. * a * b - alpha));
+            final double gamma = a + 1. / beta;
+
+            double r, w, t;
+            do {
+                final double u1 = random.nextDouble();
+                final double u2 = random.nextDouble();
+                final double v = beta * (FastMath.log(u1) - FastMath.log1p(-u1));
+                w = a * FastMath.exp(v);
+                final double z = u1 * u1 * u2;
+                r = gamma * v - 1.3862944;
+                final double s = a + r - w;
+                if (s + 2.609438 >= 5 * z) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                t = FastMath.log(z);
+                if (s >= t) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            } while (r + alpha * (FastMath.log(alpha) - FastMath.log(b + w)) < t);
+
+            w = FastMath.min(w, Double.MAX_VALUE);
+            return Precision.equals(a, a0) ? w / (b + w) : b / (b + w);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns one sample using Cheng's BC algorithm, when at least one of &alpha; and &beta; is smaller than 1.
+         */
+        private static double algorithmBC(RandomGenerator random,
+                                          final double a0,
+                                          final double a,
+                                          final double b) {
+            final double alpha = a + b;
+            final double beta = 1. / b;
+            final double delta = 1. + a - b;
+            final double k1 = delta * (0.0138889 + 0.0416667 * b) / (a * beta - 0.777778);
+            final double k2 = 0.25 + (0.5 + 0.25 / delta) * b;
+
+            double w;
+            for (;;) {
+                final double u1 = random.nextDouble();
+                final double u2 = random.nextDouble();
+                final double y = u1 * u2;
+                final double z = u1 * y;
+                if (u1 < 0.5) {
+                    if (0.25 * u2 + z - y >= k1) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (z <= 0.25) {
+                        final double v = beta * (FastMath.log(u1) - FastMath.log1p(-u1));
+                        w = a * FastMath.exp(v);
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    if (z >= k2) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                final double v = beta * (FastMath.log(u1) - FastMath.log1p(-u1));
+                w = a * FastMath.exp(v);
+                if (alpha * (FastMath.log(alpha) - FastMath.log(b + w) + v) - 1.3862944 >= FastMath.log(z)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            w = FastMath.min(w, Double.MAX_VALUE);
+            return Precision.equals(a, a0) ? w / (b + w) : b / (b + w);
+        }
+
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/f5d028ca/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java
index 217ae66..3778bfe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/BetaDistributionTest.java
@@ -16,10 +16,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.commons.math3.distribution;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.commons.math3.random.RandomGenerator;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.random.Well1024a;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.random.Well19937a;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.StatUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference.KolmogorovSmirnovTest;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference.TestUtils;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class BetaDistributionTest {
+
+    static final double[] alphaBetas = {0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000};
+    static final double epsilon = StatUtils.min(alphaBetas);
+
     @Test
     public void testCumulative() {
         double[] x = new double[]{-0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1};
@@ -303,4 +315,65 @@ public class BetaDistributionTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(dist.getNumericalMean(), 2.0 / 7.0, tol);
         Assert.assertEquals(dist.getNumericalVariance(), 10.0 / (49.0 * 8.0), tol);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMomentsSampling() {
+        RandomGenerator random = new Well1024a(0x7829862c82fec2dal);
+        final int numSamples = 1000;
+        for (final double alpha : alphaBetas) {
+            for (final double beta : alphaBetas) {
+                final BetaDistribution betaDistribution = new BetaDistribution(random, alpha, beta);
+                final double[] observed = new BetaDistribution(alpha, beta).sample(numSamples);
+                Arrays.sort(observed);
+
+                final String distribution = String.format("Beta(%.2f, %.2f)", alpha, beta);
+                Assert.assertEquals(String.format("E[%s]", distribution),
+                                    betaDistribution.getNumericalMean(),
+                                    StatUtils.mean(observed), epsilon);
+                Assert.assertEquals(String.format("Var[%s]", distribution),
+                                    betaDistribution.getNumericalVariance(),
+                                    StatUtils.variance(observed), epsilon);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGoodnessOfFit() {
+        RandomGenerator random = new Well19937a(0x237db1db907b089fl);
+        final int numSamples = 1000;
+        final double level = 0.01;
+        for (final double alpha : alphaBetas) {
+            for (final double beta : alphaBetas) {
+                final BetaDistribution betaDistribution = new BetaDistribution(random, alpha, beta);
+                final double[] observed = betaDistribution.sample(numSamples);
+                Assert.assertFalse("G goodness-of-fit test rejected null at alpha = " + level,
+                                   gTest(betaDistribution, observed) < level);
+                Assert.assertFalse("KS goodness-of-fit test rejected null at alpha = " + level,
+                                   new KolmogorovSmirnovTest(random).kolmogorovSmirnovTest(betaDistribution, observed) < level);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private double gTest(final RealDistribution expectedDistribution, final double[] values) {
+        final int numBins = values.length / 30;
+        final double[] breaks = new double[numBins];
+        for (int b = 0; b < breaks.length; b++) {
+            breaks[b] = expectedDistribution.inverseCumulativeProbability((double) b / numBins);
+        }
+
+        final long[] observed = new long[numBins];
+        for (final double value : values) {
+            int b = 0;
+            do {
+                b++;
+            } while (b < numBins && value >= breaks[b]);
+
+            observed[b - 1]++;
+        }
+
+        final double[] expected = new double[numBins];
+        Arrays.fill(expected, (double) values.length / numBins);
+
+        return TestUtils.gTest(expected, observed);
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/f5d028ca/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java
index a0b6e26..839b1e6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/random/RandomDataGeneratorTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         long y = randomData.nextLong(Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE);
         Assert.assertFalse(x == y);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextUniformExtremeValues() {
         double x = randomData.nextUniform(-Double.MAX_VALUE, Double.MAX_VALUE);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         Assert.assertFalse(Double.isInfinite(x));
         Assert.assertFalse(Double.isInfinite(y));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextIntIAE() {
         try {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             // ignored
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextIntNegativeToPositiveRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test 
+    @Test
     public void testNextIntNegativeRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextIntUniform(-7, -4);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test 
+    @Test
     public void testNextIntPositiveRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextIntUniform(0, 3);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             expected[i] = 1d / len;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.001);
     }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
                        (((double) upper) - ((double) lower));
         Assert.assertTrue(ratio > 0.99999);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextLongIAE() {
         try {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test 
+    @Test
     public void testNextLongNegativeRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextLongUniform(-7, -4);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test 
+    @Test
     public void testNextLongPositiveRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextLongUniform(0, 3);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             expected[i] = 1d / len;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.01);
     }
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
                        (((double) upper) - ((double) lower));
         Assert.assertTrue(ratio > 0.99999);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextSecureLongIAE() {
         try {
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             // ignored
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureLongNegativeToPositiveRange() {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureLongUniform(-3, 6);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureLongNegativeRange() {
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureLongUniform(-15, -2);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureLongPositiveRange() {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureLongUniform(2, 12);
         }
     }
-    
+
     private void checkNextSecureLongUniform(int min, int max) {
         final Frequency freq = new Frequency();
         for (int i = 0; i < smallSampleSize; i++) {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             expected[i] = 1d / len;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.0001);
     }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             // ignored
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureIntNegativeToPositiveRange() {
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureIntUniform(-3, 6);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureIntNegativeRange() {
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureIntUniform(-15, -2);
         }
     }
-    
-    @Test 
+
+    @Test
     @Retry(3)
     public void testNextSecureIntPositiveRange() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             checkNextSecureIntUniform(2, 12);
         }
     }
-     
+
     private void checkNextSecureIntUniform(int min, int max) {
         final Frequency freq = new Frequency();
         for (int i = 0; i < smallSampleSize; i++) {
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             expected[i] = 1d / len;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.0001);
     }
-    
-    
+
+
 
     /**
      * Make sure that empirical distribution of random Poisson(4)'s has P(X <=
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         } catch (MathIllegalArgumentException ex) {
             // ignored
         }
-        
+
         final double mean = 4.0d;
         final int len = 5;
         PoissonDistribution poissonDistribution = new PoissonDistribution(mean);
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             expected[i] = poissonDistribution.probability(i + 1) * largeSampleSize;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.0001);
     }
 
@@ -683,35 +683,35 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             // ignored
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextUniformUniformPositiveBounds() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextUniformUniform(0, 10);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextUniformUniformNegativeToPositiveBounds() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextUniformUniform(-3, 5);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextUniformUniformNegaiveBounds() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextUniformUniform(-7, -3);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testNextUniformUniformMaximalInterval() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             checkNextUniformUniform(-Double.MAX_VALUE, Double.MAX_VALUE);
         }
     }
-    
+
     private void checkNextUniformUniform(double min, double max) {
         // Set up bin bounds - min, binBound[0], ..., binBound[binCount-2], max
         final int binCount = 5;
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 1; i < binCount - 1; i++) {
             binBounds[i] = binBounds[i - 1] + binSize;  // + instead of * to avoid overflow in extreme case
         }
-        
+
         final Frequency freq = new Frequency();
         for (int i = 0; i < smallSampleSize; i++) {
             final double value = randomData.nextUniform(min, max);
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             }
             freq.addValue(j);
         }
-       
+
         final long[] observed = new long[binCount];
         for (int i = 0; i < binCount; i++) {
             observed[i] = freq.getCount(i);
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < binCount; i++) {
             expected[i] = 1d / binCount;
         }
-        
+
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(expected, observed, 0.01);
     }
 
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
             int[] perm = randomData.nextPermutation(3, 3);
             observed[findPerm(p, perm)]++;
         }
-        
+
         String[] labels = {"{0, 1, 2}", "{ 0, 2, 1 }", "{ 1, 0, 2 }",
                 "{ 1, 2, 0 }", "{ 2, 0, 1 }", "{ 2, 1, 0 }"};
         TestUtils.assertChiSquareAccept(labels, expected, observed, 0.001);
@@ -1010,30 +1010,6 @@ public class RandomDataGeneratorTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testNextInversionDeviate() {
-        // Set the seed for the default random generator
-        RandomGenerator rg = new Well19937c(100);
-        RandomDataGenerator rdg = new RandomDataGenerator(rg);
-        double[] quantiles = new double[10];
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            quantiles[i] = rdg.nextUniform(0, 1);
-        }
-        // Reseed again so the inversion generator gets the same sequence
-        rg.setSeed(100);
-        BetaDistribution betaDistribution = new BetaDistribution(rg, 2, 4,
-                                                                 BetaDistribution.DEFAULT_INVERSE_ABSOLUTE_ACCURACY);
-        /*
-         *  Generate a sequence of deviates using inversion - the distribution function
-         *  evaluated at the random value from the distribution should match the uniform
-         *  random value used to generate it, which is stored in the quantiles[] array.
-         */
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            double value = betaDistribution.sample();
-            Assert.assertEquals(betaDistribution.cumulativeProbability(value), quantiles[i], 10E-9);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
     public void testNextBeta() {
         double[] quartiles = TestUtils.getDistributionQuartiles(new BetaDistribution(2,5));
         long[] counts = new long[4];