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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference;
+
+import org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.ChiSquaredDistribution;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MaxCountExceededException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotPositiveException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotStrictlyPositiveException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NullArgumentException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.OutOfRangeException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.ZeroException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.util.MathArrays;
+
+/**
+ * Implements Chi-Square test statistics.
+ *
+ * <p>This implementation handles both known and unknown distributions.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Two samples tests can be used when the distribution is unknown <i>a priori</i>
+ * but provided by one sample, or when the hypothesis under test is that the two
+ * samples come from the same underlying distribution.</p>
+ *
+ */
+public class ChiSquareTest {
+
+ /**
+ * Construct a ChiSquareTest
+ */
+ public ChiSquareTest() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Computes the <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
+ * Chi-Square statistic</a> comparing <code>observed</code> and <code>expected</code>
+ * frequency counts.
+ * <p>
+ * This statistic can be used to perform a Chi-Square test evaluating the null
+ * hypothesis that the observed counts follow the expected distribution.</p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
+ * their common length must be at least 2.
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
+ * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
+ * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
+ * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
+ * @return chiSquare test statistic
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
+ * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
+ * not strictly positive
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
+ */
+ public double chiSquare(final double[] expected, final long[] observed)
+ throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
+ DimensionMismatchException {
+
+ if (expected.length < 2) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(expected.length, 2);
+ }
+ if (expected.length != observed.length) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(expected.length, observed.length);
+ }
+ MathArrays.checkPositive(expected);
+ MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed);
+
+ double sumExpected = 0d;
+ double sumObserved = 0d;
+ for (int i = 0; i < observed.length; i++) {
+ sumExpected += expected[i];
+ sumObserved += observed[i];
+ }
+ double ratio = 1.0d;
+ boolean rescale = false;
+ if (FastMath.abs(sumExpected - sumObserved) > 10E-6) {
+ ratio = sumObserved / sumExpected;
+ rescale = true;
+ }
+ double sumSq = 0.0d;
+ for (int i = 0; i < observed.length; i++) {
+ if (rescale) {
+ final double dev = observed[i] - ratio * expected[i];
+ sumSq += dev * dev / (ratio * expected[i]);
+ } else {
+ final double dev = observed[i] - expected[i];
+ sumSq += dev * dev / expected[i];
+ }
+ }
+ return sumSq;
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
+ * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
+ * p-value</a>, associated with a
+ * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
+ * Chi-square goodness of fit test</a> comparing the <code>observed</code>
+ * frequency counts to those in the <code>expected</code> array.
+ * <p>
+ * The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one can reject
+ * the null hypothesis that the observed counts conform to the frequency distribution
+ * described by the expected counts.</p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
+ * their common length must be at least 2.
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
+ * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
+ * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
+ * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
+ * @return p-value
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
+ * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
+ * not strictly positive
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
+ */
+ public double chiSquareTest(final double[] expected, final long[] observed)
+ throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
+ DimensionMismatchException, MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
+ final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution =
+ new ChiSquaredDistribution(null, expected.length - 1.0);
+ return 1.0 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(chiSquare(expected, observed));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Performs a <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35f.htm">
+ * Chi-square goodness of fit test</a> evaluating the null hypothesis that the
+ * observed counts conform to the frequency distribution described by the expected
+ * counts, with significance level <code>alpha</code>. Returns true iff the null
+ * hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent confidence.
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Example:</strong><br>
+ * To test the hypothesis that <code>observed</code> follows
+ * <code>expected</code> at the 99% level, use </p><p>
+ * <code>chiSquareTest(expected, observed, 0.01) </code></p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Expected counts must all be positive.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts must all be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The observed and expected arrays must have the same length and
+ * their common length must be at least 2.
+ * <li> <code> 0 &lt; alpha &lt; 0.5 </code>
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ * <p><strong>Note: </strong>This implementation rescales the
+ * <code>expected</code> array if necessary to ensure that the sum of the
+ * expected and observed counts are equal.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed array of observed frequency counts
+ * @param expected array of expected frequency counts
+ * @param alpha significance level of the test
+ * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
+ * 1 - alpha
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if <code>observed</code> has negative entries
+ * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if <code>expected</code> has entries that are
+ * not strictly positive
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the arrays length is less than 2
+ * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
+ */
+ public boolean chiSquareTest(final double[] expected, final long[] observed,
+ final double alpha)
+ throws NotPositiveException, NotStrictlyPositiveException,
+ DimensionMismatchException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ if ((alpha <= 0) || (alpha > 0.5)) {
+ throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
+ alpha, 0, 0.5);
+ }
+ return chiSquareTest(expected, observed) < alpha;
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Computes the Chi-Square statistic associated with a
+ * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
+ * chi-square test of independence</a> based on the input <code>counts</code>
+ * array, viewed as a two-way table.
+ * <p>
+ * The rows of the 2-way table are
+ * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays
+ * must have the same length).
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at
+ * least 2 columns and at least 2 rows.
+ * </li>
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
+ * @return chiSquare test statistic
+ * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has negative entries
+ */
+ public double chiSquare(final long[][] counts)
+ throws NullArgumentException, NotPositiveException,
+ DimensionMismatchException {
+
+ checkArray(counts);
+ int nRows = counts.length;
+ int nCols = counts[0].length;
+
+ // compute row, column and total sums
+ double[] rowSum = new double[nRows];
+ double[] colSum = new double[nCols];
+ double total = 0.0d;
+ for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
+ for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
+ rowSum[row] += counts[row][col];
+ colSum[col] += counts[row][col];
+ total += counts[row][col];
+ }
+ }
+
+ // compute expected counts and chi-square
+ double sumSq = 0.0d;
+ double expected = 0.0d;
+ for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
+ for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
+ expected = (rowSum[row] * colSum[col]) / total;
+ sumSq += ((counts[row][col] - expected) *
+ (counts[row][col] - expected)) / expected;
+ }
+ }
+ return sumSq;
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
+ * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
+ * p-value</a>, associated with a
+ * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
+ * chi-square test of independence</a> based on the input <code>counts</code>
+ * array, viewed as a two-way table.
+ * <p>
+ * The rows of the 2-way table are
+ * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays must have
+ * the same length).
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at least 2
+ * columns and at least 2 rows.
+ * </li>
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
+ * @return p-value
+ * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has negative entries
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
+ */
+ public double chiSquareTest(final long[][] counts)
+ throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
+ NotPositiveException, MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ checkArray(counts);
+ double df = ((double) counts.length -1) * ((double) counts[0].length - 1);
+ // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
+ final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution = new ChiSquaredDistribution(df);
+ return 1 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(chiSquare(counts));
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Performs a <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section4/prc45.htm">
+ * chi-square test of independence</a> evaluating the null hypothesis that the
+ * classifications represented by the counts in the columns of the input 2-way table
+ * are independent of the rows, with significance level <code>alpha</code>.
+ * Returns true iff the null hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent
+ * confidence.
+ * <p>
+ * The rows of the 2-way table are
+ * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code></p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Example:</strong><br>
+ * To test the null hypothesis that the counts in
+ * <code>count[0], ... , count[count.length - 1] </code>
+ * all correspond to the same underlying probability distribution at the 99% level, use</p>
+ * <p><code>chiSquareTest(counts, 0.01)</code></p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>All counts must be &ge; 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The count array must be rectangular (i.e. all count[i] subarrays must have the
+ * same length).</li>
+ * <li>The 2-way table represented by <code>counts</code> must have at least 2 columns and
+ * at least 2 rows.</li>
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param counts array representation of 2-way table
+ * @param alpha significance level of the test
+ * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
+ * 1 - alpha
+ * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not rectangular
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if {@code counts} has any negative entries
+ * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
+ */
+ public boolean chiSquareTest(final long[][] counts, final double alpha)
+ throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
+ NotPositiveException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ if ((alpha <= 0) || (alpha > 0.5)) {
+ throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
+ alpha, 0, 0.5);
+ }
+ return chiSquareTest(counts) < alpha;
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Computes a
+ * <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/software/dataplot/refman1/auxillar/chi2samp.htm">
+ * Chi-Square two sample test statistic</a> comparing bin frequency counts
+ * in <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code>. The
+ * sums of frequency counts in the two samples are not required to be the
+ * same. The formula used to compute the test statistic is</p>
+ * <code>
+ * &sum;[(K * observed1[i] - observed2[i]/K)<sup>2</sup> / (observed1[i] + observed2[i])]
+ * </code> where
+ * <br/><code>K = &sqrt;[&sum(observed2 / &sum;(observed1)]</code>
+ * </p>
+ * <p>This statistic can be used to perform a Chi-Square test evaluating the
+ * null hypothesis that both observed counts follow the same distribution.</p>
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must have
+ * the same length and their common length must be at least 2.
+ * </li></ul></p><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
+ * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
+ * @return chiSquare test statistic
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are negative
+ * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at some index is zero
+ * for both arrays
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+ public double chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[] observed1, long[] observed2)
+ throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException, ZeroException {
+
+ // Make sure lengths are same
+ if (observed1.length < 2) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(observed1.length, 2);
+ }
+ if (observed1.length != observed2.length) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(observed1.length, observed2.length);
+ }
+
+ // Ensure non-negative counts
+ MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed1);
+ MathArrays.checkNonNegative(observed2);
+
+ // Compute and compare count sums
+ long countSum1 = 0;
+ long countSum2 = 0;
+ boolean unequalCounts = false;
+ double weight = 0.0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < observed1.length; i++) {
+ countSum1 += observed1[i];
+ countSum2 += observed2[i];
+ }
+ // Ensure neither sample is uniformly 0
+ if (countSum1 == 0 || countSum2 == 0) {
+ throw new ZeroException();
+ }
+ // Compare and compute weight only if different
+ unequalCounts = countSum1 != countSum2;
+ if (unequalCounts) {
+ weight = FastMath.sqrt((double) countSum1 / (double) countSum2);
+ }
+ // Compute ChiSquare statistic
+ double sumSq = 0.0d;
+ double dev = 0.0d;
+ double obs1 = 0.0d;
+ double obs2 = 0.0d;
+ for (int i = 0; i < observed1.length; i++) {
+ if (observed1[i] == 0 && observed2[i] == 0) {
+ throw new ZeroException(LocalizedFormats.OBSERVED_COUNTS_BOTTH_ZERO_FOR_ENTRY, i);
+ } else {
+ obs1 = observed1[i];
+ obs2 = observed2[i];
+ if (unequalCounts) { // apply weights
+ dev = obs1/weight - obs2 * weight;
+ } else {
+ dev = obs1 - obs2;
+ }
+ sumSq += (dev * dev) / (obs1 + obs2);
+ }
+ }
+ return sumSq;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Returns the <i>observed significance level</i>, or <a href=
+ * "http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/hyptest.html#pvalue">
+ * p-value</a>, associated with a Chi-Square two sample test comparing
+ * bin frequency counts in <code>observed1</code> and
+ * <code>observed2</code>.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one
+ * can reject the null hypothesis that the observed counts conform to the
+ * same distribution.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>See {@link #chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[], long[])} for details
+ * on the formula used to compute the test statistic. The degrees of
+ * of freedom used to perform the test is one less than the common length
+ * of the input observed count arrays.
+ * </p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must
+ * have the same length and
+ * their common length must be at least 2.
+ * </li></ul><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
+ * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
+ * @return p-value
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are negative
+ * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at the same index is zero
+ * for both arrays
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs computing the p-value
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+ public double chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(long[] observed1, long[] observed2)
+ throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException, ZeroException,
+ MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ // pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
+ final ChiSquaredDistribution distribution =
+ new ChiSquaredDistribution(null, (double) observed1.length - 1);
+ return 1 - distribution.cumulativeProbability(
+ chiSquareDataSetsComparison(observed1, observed2));
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Performs a Chi-Square two sample test comparing two binned data
+ * sets. The test evaluates the null hypothesis that the two lists of
+ * observed counts conform to the same frequency distribution, with
+ * significance level <code>alpha</code>. Returns true iff the null
+ * hypothesis can be rejected with 100 * (1 - alpha) percent confidence.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>See {@link #chiSquareDataSetsComparison(long[], long[])} for
+ * details on the formula used to compute the Chisquare statistic used
+ * in the test. The degrees of of freedom used to perform the test is
+ * one less than the common length of the input observed count arrays.
+ * </p>
+ * <strong>Preconditions</strong>: <ul>
+ * <li>Observed counts must be non-negative.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific bin must not both be zero.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>Observed counts for a specific sample must not all be 0.
+ * </li>
+ * <li>The arrays <code>observed1</code> and <code>observed2</code> must
+ * have the same length and their common length must be at least 2.
+ * </li>
+ * <li> <code> 0 < alpha < 0.5 </code>
+ * </li></ul><p>
+ * If any of the preconditions are not met, an
+ * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown.</p>
+ *
+ * @param observed1 array of observed frequency counts of the first data set
+ * @param observed2 array of observed frequency counts of the second data set
+ * @param alpha significance level of the test
+ * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence
+ * 1 - alpha
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException the the length of the arrays does not match
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if any entries in <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are negative
+ * @throws ZeroException if either all counts of <code>observed1</code> or
+ * <code>observed2</code> are zero, or if the count at the same index is zero
+ * for both arrays
+ * @throws OutOfRangeException if <code>alpha</code> is not in the range (0, 0.5]
+ * @throws MaxCountExceededException if an error occurs performing the test
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+ public boolean chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(final long[] observed1,
+ final long[] observed2,
+ final double alpha)
+ throws DimensionMismatchException, NotPositiveException,
+ ZeroException, OutOfRangeException, MaxCountExceededException {
+
+ if (alpha <= 0 ||
+ alpha > 0.5) {
+ throw new OutOfRangeException(LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
+ alpha, 0, 0.5);
+ }
+ return chiSquareTestDataSetsComparison(observed1, observed2) < alpha;
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks to make sure that the input long[][] array is rectangular,
+ * has at least 2 rows and 2 columns, and has all non-negative entries.
+ *
+ * @param in input 2-way table to check
+ * @throws NullArgumentException if the array is null
+ * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array is not valid
+ * @throws NotPositiveException if the array contains any negative entries
+ */
+ private void checkArray(final long[][] in)
+ throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
+ NotPositiveException {
+
+ if (in.length < 2) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(in.length, 2);
+ }
+
+ if (in[0].length < 2) {
+ throw new DimensionMismatchException(in[0].length, 2);
+ }
+
+ MathArrays.checkRectangular(in);
+ MathArrays.checkNonNegative(in);
+
+ }
+
+}