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Highlights from
A Numerical Tour of Signal Processing

from A Numerical Tour of Signal Processing by Gabriel Peyre
A set of Matlab experiments that illustrates advanced computational signal and image processing.

gamrnd(a,b,m,n);
function r = gamrnd(a,b,m,n);
%GAMRND Random matrices from gamma distribution.
%   R = GAMRND(A,B) returns a matrix of random numbers chosen   
%   from the gamma distribution with parameters A and B.
%   The size of R is the common size of A and B if both are matrices.
%   If either parameter is a scalar, the size of R is the size of the other
%   parameter. Alternatively, R = GAMRND(A,B,M,N) returns an M by N matrix. 
%
%   mu=A*B is the mean.
%   sigma^2=A*B^2 is the variance.
%
%
%   Some references refer to the gamma distribution
%   with a single parameter. This corresponds to GAMRND
%   with B = 1. (See Devroye, pages 401-402.)
%   GAMRND uses a rejection or an inversion method depending on the
%   value of A. 
%   References:
%      [1]  L. Devroye, "Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation", 
%      Springer-Verlag, 1986

%   B.A. Jones 2-1-93
%   Copyright (c) 1993-98 by The MathWorks, Inc.
%   $Revision: 2.8 $  $Date: 1998/09/30 19:12:40 $

if nargin < 2, 
   error('Requires at least two input arguments.'); 
end


if nargin == 2
   [errorcode rows columns] = rndcheck(2,2,a,b);
end

if nargin == 3
   [errorcode rows columns] = rndcheck(3,2,a,b,m);
end

if nargin == 4
   [errorcode rows columns] = rndcheck(4,2,a,b,m,n);
end

if errorcode > 0
   error('Size information is inconsistent.');
end

% Initialize r to zero.
lth = rows*columns;
r = zeros(lth,1);
a = a(:); b = b(:);

scalara = (length(a) == 1);
if scalara 
   a = a*ones(lth,1);
end

scalarb = (length(b) == 1);
if scalarb 
   b = b*ones(lth,1);
end

% If a == 1, then gamma is exponential. (Devroye, page 405).
k = find(a == 1);
if any(k)
   r(k) = -b(k) .* log(rand(size(k)));
end 


k = find(a < 1 & a > 0);
% (Devroye, page 418 Johnk's generator)
if any(k)
  c = zeros(lth,1);
  d = zeros(lth,1);
  c(k) = 1 ./ a(k);
  d(k) = 1 ./ (1 - a(k));
  accept = k;
  while ~isempty(accept)
    u = rand(size(accept));
    v = rand(size(accept));
    x = u .^ c(accept);
    y = v .^ d(accept);
    k1 = find((x + y) <= 1); 
    if ~isempty(k1)
      e = -log(rand(size(k1))); 
      r(accept(k1)) = e .* x(k1) ./ (x(k1) + y(k1));
      accept(k1) = [];
    end
  end
  r(k) = r(k) .* b(k);
end

% Use a rejection method for a > 1.
k = find(a > 1);
% (Devroye, page 410 Best's algorithm)
bb = zeros(size(a));
c  = bb;
if any(k)
  bb(k) = a(k) - 1;
  c(k) = 3 * a(k) - 3/4;
  accept = k; 
  count = 1;
  while ~isempty(accept)
    m = length(accept);
    u = rand(m,1);
    v = rand(m,1);
    w = u .* (1 - u);
    y = sqrt(c(accept) ./ w) .* (u - 0.5);
    x = bb(accept) + y;
    k1 = find(x >= 0);
    if ~isempty(k1)
      z = 64 * (w .^ 3) .* (v .^ 2);
      k2 = (z(k1) <= (1 - 2 * (y(k1) .^2) ./ x(k1)));
      k3 = k1(find(k2));
      r(accept(k3)) = x(k3); 
      k4 = k1(find(~k2));
      k5 = k4(find(log(z(k4)) <= (2*(bb(accept(k4)).*log(x(k4)./bb(accept(k4)))-y(k4)))));
      r(accept(k5)) = x(k5);
      omit = [k3; k5];
      accept(omit) = [];
    end
  end
  r(k) = r(k) .* b(k);
end

% Return NaN if a or b is not positive.
r(b <= 0 | a <= 0) = NaN;

r = reshape(r,rows,columns);



function [errorcode, rows, columns] = rndcheck(nargs,nparms,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5)
%RNDCHECK error checks the argument list for the random number generators.

%   B.A. Jones  1-22-93
%   Copyright (c) 1993-98 by The MathWorks, Inc.
%   $Revision: 2.5 $  $Date: 1997/11/29 01:46:40 $

sizeinfo = nargs - nparms;
errorcode = 0;

if nparms == 3
    [r1 c1] = size(arg1);
    [r2 c2] = size(arg2);
    [r3 c3] = size(arg3);
end

if nparms == 2
    [r1 c1] = size(arg1);
    [r2 c2] = size(arg2);
end 

if sizeinfo == 0        
    if nparms == 1
        [rows columns] = size(arg1);
    end
    
    if nparms == 2
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
        if ~scalararg1
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
        elseif ~scalararg2
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
        else
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
        end
    end
    
    if nparms == 3
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        scalararg3 = (prod(size(arg3)) == 1);

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg3
            if r1 ~= r3 | c1 ~= c3
                errorcode = 1;
                return;                 
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg3 & ~scalararg2
            if r3 ~= r2 | c3 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
            if ~scalararg1
                [rows columns] = size(arg1);
            elseif ~scalararg2
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
            else
                [rows columns] = size(arg3);
            end
    end 
end

if sizeinfo == 1
    scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
    if nparms == 1
        if prod(size(arg2)) ~= 2
            errorcode = 2;
            return;
        end
        if  ~scalararg1 & arg2 ~= size(arg1)
            errorcode = 3;
            return;
        end
        if (arg2(1) < 0 | arg2(2) < 0 | arg2(1) ~= round(arg2(1)) | arg2(2) ~= round(arg2(2))),
            errorcode = 4;
            return;
        end 
        rows    = arg2(1);
        columns = arg2(2);
    end
    
    if nparms == 2
        if prod(size(arg3)) ~= 2
            errorcode = 2;
            return;
        end
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
        if (arg3(1) < 0 | arg3(2) < 0 | arg3(1) ~= round(arg3(1)) | arg3(2) ~= round(arg3(2))),
            errorcode = 4;
            return;
        end 
        if ~scalararg1
            if any(arg3 ~= size(arg1))
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
        elseif ~scalararg2
            if any(arg3 ~= size(arg2))
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
        else
            rows    = arg3(1);
            columns = arg3(2);
        end
    end
    
    if nparms == 3
        if prod(size(arg4)) ~= 2
            errorcode = 2;
            return;
        end
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        scalararg3 = (prod(size(arg3)) == 1);

        if (arg4(1) < 0 | arg4(2) < 0 | arg4(1) ~= round(arg4(1)) | arg4(2) ~= round(arg4(2))),
            errorcode = 4;
            return;
        end 

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg3
            if r1 ~= r3 | c1 ~= c3
                errorcode = 1;
                return;                 
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg3 & ~scalararg2
            if r3 ~= r2 | c3 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
        if ~scalararg1
            if any(arg4 ~= size(arg1))
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
        elseif ~scalararg2
            if any(arg4 ~= size(arg2))
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
        elseif ~scalararg3
            if any(arg4 ~= size(arg3))
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
            [rows columns] = size(arg3);
        else
            rows    = arg4(1);
            columns = arg4(2);
        end
    end 
end

if sizeinfo == 2
    if nparms == 1
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        if ~scalararg1
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
            if rows ~= arg2 | columns ~= arg3 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
        end
    if (arg2 < 0 | arg3 < 0 | arg2 ~= round(arg2) | arg3 ~= round(arg3)),
        errorcode = 4;
        return;
    end 
        rows = arg2;
        columns = arg3;
    end
    
    if nparms == 2
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
        if ~scalararg1
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
            if rows ~= arg3 | columns ~= arg4 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end     
        elseif ~scalararg2
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
            if rows ~= arg3 | columns ~= arg4 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end     
        else
            if (arg3 < 0 | arg4 < 0 | arg3 ~= round(arg3) | arg4 ~= round(arg4)),
                errorcode = 4;
                return;
            end 
            rows = arg3;
            columns = arg4;
        end
    end
    
    if nparms == 3
        scalararg1 = (prod(size(arg1)) == 1);
        scalararg2 = (prod(size(arg2)) == 1);
        scalararg3 = (prod(size(arg3)) == 1);

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg2
            if r1 ~= r2 | c1 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg1 & ~scalararg3
            if r1 ~= r3 | c1 ~= c3
                errorcode = 1;
                return;                 
            end
        end

        if ~scalararg3 & ~scalararg2
            if r3 ~= r2 | c3 ~= c2
                errorcode = 1;
                return;         
            end
        end
        
        if ~scalararg1
            [rows columns] = size(arg1);
            if rows ~= arg4 | columns ~= arg5 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end     
        elseif ~scalararg2
            [rows columns] = size(arg2);
            if rows ~= arg4 | columns ~= arg5 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end
        elseif ~scalararg3
            [rows columns] = size(arg3);
            if rows ~= arg4 | columns ~= arg5 
                errorcode = 3;
                return;
            end     
        else
            if (arg4 < 0 | arg5 < 0 | arg4 ~= round(arg4) | arg5 ~= round(arg5)),
                errorcode = 4;
                return;
            end 
            rows    = arg4;
            columns = arg5;
        end
    end 
end

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