test_that("Sampling from a Dirichlet distribution works", { set.seed(42) samp <- sample_dirichlet(10000, alpha = c(1, 1, 1)) expect_that(dim(samp), equals(c(3, 10000))) expect_that(colSums(samp), equals(rep(1, 10000))) expect_equal(rowMeans(samp), rep(1 / 3, 3), tolerance = 1e-2) expect_equal(apply(samp, 1, sd), rep(1 / (3 * sqrt(2)), 3), tolerance = 1e-2) ## Corner cases sd1 <- sample_dirichlet(1, alpha = c(2, 2, 2)) expect_that(dim(sd1), equals(c(3, 1))) sd0 <- sample_dirichlet(0, alpha = c(3, 3, 3)) expect_that(dim(sd0), equals(c(3, 0))) ## Errors expect_that( sample_dirichlet(-1, alpha = c(1, 1, 1, 1)), throws_error("should be non-negative") ) expect_that( sample_dirichlet(5, alpha = c(1)), throws_error("must have at least two entries") ) expect_that( sample_dirichlet(5, alpha = c(0, 1, 1)), throws_error("must be positive") ) expect_that( sample_dirichlet(5, alpha = c(1, -1, -1)), throws_error("must be positive") ) })