Particle-size distribution model wherein random samples are drawn from the doubly-truncated univariate normal probability density function: More...

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Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("normal")
	Runtime type information. More...

	normal (const dictionary &dict, Random &rndGen)
	Construct from components. More...

	normal (const normal &p)
	Copy construct. More...

virtual autoPtr< distributionModel >	clone () const
	Construct and return a clone. More...

void	operator= (const normal &)=delete
	No copy assignment. More...

virtual	~normal ()=default
	Destructor. More...

virtual scalar	sample () const
	Sample the distribution. More...

virtual scalar	meanValue () const
	Return the theoretical mean of the distribution. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from distributionModel
	TypeName ("distributionModel")
	Runtime type information. More...

	declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, distributionModel, dictionary,(const dictionary &dict, Random &rndGen),(dict, rndGen))
	Declare runtime constructor selection table. More...

	distributionModel (const word &name, const dictionary &dict, Random &rndGen)
	Construct from dictionary. More...

	distributionModel (const distributionModel &p)
	Copy construct. More...

virtual	~distributionModel ()=default
	Destructor. More...

virtual scalar	minValue () const
	Return the minimum of the distribution. More...

virtual scalar	maxValue () const
	Return the maximum of the distribution. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from distributionModel
static autoPtr< distributionModel >	New (const dictionary &dict, Random &rndGen)
	Selector. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from distributionModel
virtual void	check () const
	Check that the distribution model is valid. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from distributionModel
const dictionary	distributionModelDict_
	Coefficients dictionary. More...

Random &	rndGen_
	Reference to the random number generator. More...

scalar	minValue_
	Minimum of the distribution. More...

scalar	maxValue_
	Maximum of the distribution. More...

Detailed Description

Particle-size distribution model wherein random samples are drawn from the doubly-truncated univariate normal probability density function:

$f(x; \mu, \sigma, A, B) = \frac{1}{\sigma} \frac{ \phi \left( \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma} \right) }{ \Phi \left( \frac{B - \mu}{\sigma} \right) - \Phi \left( \frac{A - \mu}{\sigma} \right) }$

where

$f(x; \mu, \sigma, A, B)$	=	Doubly-truncated univariate normal distribution
$\mu$	=	Mean of the parent general normal distribution
$\sigma$	=	Standard deviation of the parent general normal distribution
$\phi(\cdot)$	=	General normal probability density function
$\Phi(\cdot)$	=	General normal cumulative distribution function
	=	Sample
	=	Minimum of the distribution
	=	Maximum of the distribution

Constraints:

$\infty > B > A > 0$
$x \in [B,A]$
$\sigma^2 > 0$

Random samples are generated by the inverse transform sampling technique by using the quantile function of the doubly-truncated univariate normal probability density function:

$x = \mu + \sigma \sqrt{2} \, {erf}^{-1} \left( 2 p - 1 \right)$

with

$p = u \, \left( \Phi\left( \frac{B - \mu}{\sigma} \right) - \Phi\left( \frac{A - \mu}{\sigma} \right) \right) + \Phi\left( \frac{A - \mu}{\sigma} \right)$

$\Phi(\xi) = \frac{1}{2} \left( 1 + {erf}\left(\frac{\xi - \mu}{\sigma \sqrt{2} }\right) \right)$

where $ u $ is sample drawn from the uniform probability density function on the unit interval $ (0, 1) $ .

Reference:

        Governing expressions (tag:B):
            Burkardt, J. (2014).
            The truncated normal distribution.
            Department of Scientific Computing Website,
            Florida State University, 1-35.
            URL:people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/presentations/truncated_normal.pdf
            (Retrieved on: 19 Feb 2021)

Usage

Minimal example by using constant/<CloudProperties>:

subModels
{
    injectionModels
    {
        <name>
        {
            ...

            sizeDistribution
            {
                type        normal;
                normalDistribution
                {
                    mu        <mean>;
                    sigma     <stardard deviation>;
                    minValue  <min>;
                    maxValue  <max>;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

where the entries mean:

Property	Description	Type	Reqd	Deflt
`type`	Type name: normal	word	yes	-
`normalDistribution`	Distribution settings	dict	yes	-
`mu`	Mean of the parent general normal distribution	scalar	yes	-
`sigma`	Standard deviation of the parent general normal distribution	scalar	yes	-
`minValue`	Minimum of the distribution	scalar	yes	-
`maxValue`	Maximum of the distribution	scalar	yes	-

Note

The mean and standard deviation of the parent general normal probability distribution function (i.e. input) are not the same with those of the truncated probability distribution function.

Source files

Definition at line 244 of file normal.H.