Source code for biogeme.expressions.random_variable
"""Arithmetic expressions accepted by Biogeme: random variable for numerical integration
Michel Bierlaire
Fri Jun 27 2025, 14:50:37
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import jax.numpy as jnp
from biogeme.exceptions import BiogemeError
from .elementary_expressions import Elementary
from .elementary_types import TypeOfElementaryExpression
from .jax_utils import JaxFunctionType
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
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class RandomVariable(Elementary):
"""
Random variable for numerical integration
"""
expression_type = TypeOfElementaryExpression.RANDOM_VARIABLE
def __init__(self, name: str):
"""Constructor
:param name: name of the random variable involved in the integration.
:type name: string.
"""
super().__init__(name)
# Index of the random variable
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def deep_flat_copy(self) -> RandomVariable:
"""Provides a copy of the expression. It is deep in the sense that it generates copies of the children.
It is flat in the sense that any `MultipleExpression` is transformed into the currently selected expression.
The flat part is irrelevant for this expression.
"""
return type(self)(name=self.name)
@property
def safe_rv_id(self) -> int:
"""Check the presence of the ID before using it"""
if self.specific_id is None:
raise BiogemeError(f"No id defined for random variable {self.name}")
return self.specific_id
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def recursive_construct_jax_function(
self, numerically_safe: bool
) -> JaxFunctionType:
"""
Generates a function to be used by biogeme_jax. Must be overloaded by each expression
:return: the function takes two parameters: the parameters, and one row of the database.
"""
def the_jax_function(
parameters: jnp.ndarray,
one_row: jnp.ndarray,
the_draws: jnp.ndarray,
the_random_variables: jnp.ndarray,
) -> jnp.array:
return jnp.take(the_random_variables, self.safe_rv_id, axis=-1)
return the_jax_function