/*
  Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Steven L. Scott

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.

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*/

#ifndef BOOM_GENERIC_GAUSSIAN_VARIANCE_SAMPLER_HPP_
#define BOOM_GENERIC_GAUSSIAN_VARIANCE_SAMPLER_HPP_

#include <Models/GammaModel.hpp>
#include <distributions/rng.hpp>

namespace BOOM {

  // A class for sampling the scalar "residual variance" parameter.
  // This is a utility class, and not a proper posterior sampler,
  // because it is not specific to a particular type of model.
  class GenericGaussianVarianceSampler {
   public:
    // Args:
    //   prior:  A prior distribution for 1 / sigsq.
    GenericGaussianVarianceSampler(Ptr<GammaModelBase> prior);

    // Args:
    //   prior:  A prior distribution for 1 / sigsq.
    //   sigma_max: The largest acceptable value for the standard
    //     deviation sigma.
    GenericGaussianVarianceSampler(Ptr<GammaModelBase> prior,
                                   double sigma_max);

    // Sets the largest acceptable value for sigma (the standard
    // deviation, not the variance).  This can be infinity() if you
    // want to remove a previously set value.  It can also be 0, if
    // you want to constrain all draws of sigsq to be zero.  If
    // sigma_max is negative an error is reported.
    void set_sigma_max(double sigma_max);

    double sigma_max() const { return sigma_max_; }

    // Draws a value for the residual variance (not standard
    // deviation).  The variance scale is used because most models are
    // parameterized in terms of variances.
    // Args:
    //   rng:  The U(0, 1) random number generator.
    //   data_df: The "Degrees of freedom" supplied by the data.  Do
    //     not include prior degrees of freedom, as these will be
    //     added by this function.
    //   data_ss: The sum of squares supplied by the data.  Do not
    //     include the prior sum of squares, as this will be supplied
    //     by this function.
    // Returns:
    //   A draw of the residual variance, which will be <= sigma_max_.
    double draw(RNG &rng, double data_df, double data_ss) const;

   private:
    Ptr<GammaModelBase> prior_;
    double sigma_max_;
  };

}

#endif  //  BOOM_GENERIC_GAUSSIAN_VARIANCE_SAMPLER_HPP_
