std::gamma_distribution

template<
    class RealType = double
> class gamma_distribution;

Produces random positive floating-point values x, distributed according to probability density function: \(\mathsf{p}(x\mid\alpha,\beta) = \frac{e^{-x/\beta} }{\beta^\alpha\cdot\Gamma(\alpha)}\cdot x^{\alpha-1} \)P(x|α,β) =

where α is known as the shape parameter and β is known as the scale parameter. The shape parameter is sometimes denoted by the letter k and the scale parameter is sometimes denoted by the letter θ.

For floating-point α, the value obtained is the sum of α independent exponentially distributed random variables, each of which has a mean of β.

std::gamma_distribution satisfies RandomNumberDistribution.

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Example

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <random>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    std::random_device rd;
    std::mt19937 gen(rd());
 
    // A gamma distribution with alpha = 1, and beta = 2
    // approximates an exponential distribution.
    std::gamma_distribution<> d(1, 2);
 
    std::map<int, int> hist;
    for (int n = 0; n != 10000; ++n)
        ++hist[2 * d(gen)];
 
    for (auto const& [x, y] : hist)
        if (y / 100.0 > 0.5)
            std::cout
                << std::fixed << std::setprecision(1)
                << x / 2.0 << '-' << (x + 1) / 2.0 << ' '
                << std::string(y / 100, '*') << '\n';
}

0.0-0.5 **********************
0.5-1.0 ****************
1.0-1.5 *************
1.5-2.0 **********
2.0-2.5 ********
2.5-3.0 ******
3.0-3.5 *****
3.5-4.0 ****
4.0-4.5 ***
4.5-5.0 **
5.0-5.5 **
5.5-6.0 *
6.0-6.5 *
6.5-7.0
7.0-7.5
7.5-8.0

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