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SQL Server random LaPlace distribution


RANDLAPLACE

Updated: 31 March 2014


Use the table-valued function RANDLAPLACE to generate a sequence of random numbers from a LaPlace distribution with parameters @Location and @Scale.
Syntax
SELECT * FROM [wctMath].[wct].[RANDLAPLACE](
  <@Rows, int,>
 ,<@Location, float,>
 ,<@Scale, float,>)
Arguments
@Rows
the number of rows to generate. @Rows must be of the type int or of a type that implicitly converts to int.
@Location
the location parameter. @Shape must be of the type float or of a type that implicitly converts to float.
@Scale
the scale parameter. @Scale must be of the type float or of a type that implicitly converts to float.
Return Types
RETURNS TABLE (
      [Seq] [int] NULL,
      [X] [float] NULL
)
Remarks
·         @Scale must be greater than zero.
·         If @Shape is NULL then @Shape is set to 0.
·         If @Scale is NULL then @Scale is set to 1.
·         If @Rows is less than 1 then no rows are returned.
Examples
In this example we create a sequence 1,000,000 random numbers rounded to one decimal place from a Laplace distribution with @Location = 0 and @Scale =1, COUNT the results, paste then into Excel, and graph them.
SELECT
   X,
   COUNT(*) as [COUNT]
FROM (
   SELECT
      ROUND(X,1) as X
   FROM
      wct.RANDLAPLACE(
         1000000, --@Rows
         0,       --@Loations
         1        --@Scale
         )
   )n
GROUP BY
   X
ORDER BY
   X
This produces the following result.


In this example we generate 1,000,000 random numbers from a LaPlace distribution with @Shape of 5 and @Scale of 2. We calculate the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and excess kurtosis from the resultant table and compare th
ose values to the expected values for the distribution.
DECLARE @size as int = 1000000
DECLARE @location as float = -5
DECLARE @scale as float = 4
DECLARE @mean as float = @location
DECLARE @var as float = 2 * POWER(@scale,2)
DECLARE @stdev as float = SQRT(@var)
DECLARE @skew as float = 0
DECLARE @kurt as float = 3
 
SELECT
      stat,
      [RANDLAPLACE],
      [EXPECTED]
FROM (
      SELECT
            x.*
      FROM (
            SELECT
                  AVG(x) as mean_LAPLACE,
                  STDEVP(x) as stdev_LAPLACE,
                  wct.SKEWNESS_P(x) as skew_LAPLACE,
                  wct.KURTOSIS_P(x) as kurt_LAPLACE
            FROM
                  wct.RANDLAPLACE(@size,@location,@scale)
            )n
      CROSS APPLY(
            VALUES
                  ('RANDLAPLACE','avg', mean_LAPLACE),
                  ('RANDLAPLACE','stdev', stdev_LAPLACE),
                  ('RANDLAPLACE','skew', skew_LAPLACE),
                  ('RANDLAPLACE','kurt', kurt_LAPLACE),
                  ('EXPECTED','avg',@mean),
                  ('EXPECTED','stdev',@stdev),
                  ('EXPECTED','skew',@skew),
                  ('EXPECTED','kurt',@kurt)
            )x(fn_name,stat,val_stat)    
      )d
PIVOT(sum(val_stat) FOR fn_name in([RANDLAPLACE],[EXPECTED])) P

This produces the following result (your result will be different).

stat
RANDLAPLACE
EXPECTED
avg
-5.00400757
-5
kurt
3.029291787
3
skew
0.017747871
0
stdev
5.668735766
5.656854249

 

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