Source code for gammapy.utils.random.utils

# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
"""Helper functions to work with distributions."""
import numbers
import numpy as np
import scipy.integrate
from astropy.coordinates import Angle

__all__ = [
    "get_random_state",
    "sample_sphere",
    "sample_sphere_distance",
    "sample_powerlaw",
    "normalize",
    "density",
    "draw",
    "pdf",
]


[docs]def normalize(func, x_min, x_max): """Normalize a 1D function over a given range.""" def f(x): return func(x) / scipy.integrate.quad(func, x_min, x_max)[0] return f
[docs]def pdf(func): """One-dimensional PDF of a given radial surface density.""" def f(x): return x * func(x) return f
[docs]def density(func): """Radial surface density of a given one dimensional PDF.""" def f(x): return func(x) / x return f
[docs]def draw(low, high, size, dist, random_state="random-seed", *args, **kwargs): """Allows drawing of random numbers from any distribution.""" from .inverse_cdf import InverseCDFSampler n = 1000 x = np.linspace(low, high, n) pdf = dist(x) sampler = InverseCDFSampler(pdf=pdf, random_state=random_state) idx = sampler.sample(size) x_sampled = np.interp(idx, np.arange(n), x) return np.squeeze(x_sampled)
[docs]def get_random_state(init): """Get a `numpy.random.RandomState` instance. The purpose of this utility function is to have a flexible way to initialise a `~numpy.random.RandomState` instance, a.k.a. a random number generator (``rng``). See :ref:`dev_random` for usage examples and further information. Parameters ---------- init : {int, 'random-seed', 'global-rng', `~numpy.random.RandomState`} Available options to initialise the RandomState object: * ``int`` -- new RandomState instance seeded with this integer (calls `~numpy.random.RandomState` with ``seed=init``) * ``'random-seed'`` -- new RandomState instance seeded in a random way (calls `~numpy.random.RandomState` with ``seed=None``) * ``'global-rng'``, return the RandomState singleton used by ``numpy.random``. * `~numpy.random.RandomState` -- do nothing, return the input. Returns ------- random_state : `~numpy.random.RandomState` RandomState instance. """ if isinstance(init, (numbers.Integral, np.integer)): return np.random.RandomState(init) elif init == "random-seed": return np.random.RandomState(None) elif init == "global-rng": return np.random.mtrand._rand elif isinstance(init, np.random.RandomState): return init else: raise ValueError( "{} cannot be used to seed a numpy.random.RandomState" " instance".format(init) )
[docs]def sample_sphere(size, lon_range=None, lat_range=None, random_state="random-seed"): """Sample random points on the sphere. Reference: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SpherePointPicking.html Parameters ---------- size : int Number of samples to generate lon_range : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`, optional Longitude range (min, max) lat_range : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`, optional Latitude range (min, max) random_state : {int, 'random-seed', 'global-rng', `~numpy.random.RandomState`} Defines random number generator initialisation. Passed to `~gammapy.utils.random.get_random_state`. Returns ------- lon, lat: `~astropy.coordinates.Angle` Longitude and latitude coordinate arrays """ random_state = get_random_state(random_state) if lon_range is None: lon_range = Angle([0.0, 360.0], "deg") if lat_range is None: lat_range = Angle([-90.0, 90.0], "deg") # Sample random longitude u = random_state.uniform(size=size) lon = lon_range[0] + (lon_range[1] - lon_range[0]) * u # Sample random latitude v = random_state.uniform(size=size) z_range = np.sin(lat_range) z = z_range[0] + (z_range[1] - z_range[0]) * v lat = np.arcsin(z) return lon, lat
[docs]def sample_sphere_distance( distance_min=0, distance_max=1, size=None, random_state="random-seed" ): """Sample random distances if the 3-dim space density is constant. This function uses inverse transform sampling (`Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_transform_sampling>`__) to generate random distances for an observer located in a 3-dim space with constant source density in the range ``(distance_min, distance_max)``. Parameters ---------- distance_min, distance_max : float, optional Distance range in which to sample size : int or tuple of ints, optional Output shape. Default: one sample. Passed to `numpy.random.uniform`. random_state : {int, 'random-seed', 'global-rng', `~numpy.random.RandomState`} Defines random number generator initialisation. Passed to `~gammapy.utils.random.get_random_state`. Returns ------- distance : array Array of samples """ random_state = get_random_state(random_state) # Since the differential distribution is dP / dr ~ r ^ 2, # we have a cumulative distribution # P(r) = a * r ^ 3 + b # with P(r_min) = 0 and P(r_max) = 1 implying # a = 1 / (r_max ^ 3 - r_min ^ 3) # b = -a * r_min ** 3 a = 1.0 / (distance_max ** 3 - distance_min ** 3) b = -a * distance_min ** 3 # Now for inverse transform sampling we need to use the inverse of # u = a * r ^ 3 + b # which is # r = [(u - b)/ a] ^ (1 / 3) u = random_state.uniform(size=size) distance = ((u - b) / a) ** (1.0 / 3) return distance
[docs]def sample_powerlaw(x_min, x_max, gamma, size=None, random_state="random-seed"): """Sample random values from a power law distribution. f(x) = x ** (-gamma) in the range x_min to x_max It is assumed that *gamma* is the **differential** spectral index. Reference: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RandomNumber.html Parameters ---------- x_min : float x range minimum x_max : float x range maximum gamma : float Power law index size : int, optional Number of samples to generate random_state : {int, 'random-seed', 'global-rng', `~numpy.random.RandomState`} Defines random number generator initialisation. Passed to `~gammapy.utils.random.get_random_state`. Returns ------- x : array Array of samples from the distribution """ random_state = get_random_state(random_state) size = int(size) exp = -gamma base = random_state.uniform(x_min ** exp, x_max ** exp, size) x = base ** (1 / exp) return x