----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : LAoP.Utils -- Copyright : (c) Armando Santos 2019-2020 -- Maintainer : armandoifsantos@gmail.com -- Stability : experimental -- -- __LAoP__ is a library for algebraic (inductive) construction and manipulation of matrices -- in Haskell. See <https://github.com/bolt12/master-thesis my Msc Thesis> for the -- motivation behind the library, the underlying theory, and implementation details. -- -- This module provides the 'Natural' data type. -- The semantic associated with this data type is that -- it's meant to be a restricted 'Int' value. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module LAoP.Utils ( -- | Utility module that provides the 'Natural' data type. -- The semantic associated with this data type is that -- it's meant to be a restricted 'Int' value. For example -- the type @Natural 1 6@ can only be instanciated with @nat n@ -- where @1 <= n <= 6@. Why, You might ask, because with normal -- 'Int's it is not possible to have a decent @Enum (Int, Int)@ -- instance. See the following probabilistic programming model as and -- example: -- -- We want to calculate the probability of the sum of two dice throws. -- To do this we start by defining the sample space: -- -- @ -- type SampleSpace = Int -- We think 'Int' are enough -- -- die :: Dist Int 6 -- die = unifrom [1..6] -- -- -- Promote 'Int' addition to a matrix -- addM = fromF (uncurry (+)) -- Impossible -- @ -- -- The last line is impossible because @(Int, Int)@ does not have -- a good 'Enum' instance: @[(0, 1), (0, 2), .. (0, maxBound), (1, 0), -- ..]@. And we'd like the addition matrix to be of 36 columns by 12 -- rows but limited to integers up to @6@! -- -- One way to solve this issue is by defining and auxilary data type to -- represent the sample space: -- -- @ -- data SampleSpace = S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 -- deriving (Show, Eq, Enum, Bounded) -- Enum and Bounded are -- important -- @ -- -- And write the sample space addition function: -- -- @ -- ssAdd :: SampleSpace -> SampleSpace -> Int -- ssAdd a b = (fromEnum a + 1) + (fromEnum b + 1) -- @ -- -- And then promote that function to matrix and everything is alright: -- -- @ -- ssAddM = fromF' (uncurry ssAdd) -- -- dieSumProb = ssAddM `comp` (khatri die die) -- @ -- -- This is a nice solution for small sample spaces. But for larger ones -- it is not feasible to write a data type with hundreds of constructors -- and then write manipulation functions that need to deal with them. -- To mitigate this limitation the 'Natural' type comes a long way and -- allows one to model the sample in an easier way. See for instance: -- -- @ -- ssAdd :: Natural 1 6 -> Natural 1 6 -> Natural 1 12 -- ssAdd = coerceNat (+) -- -- ssAddM = fromF' (uncurry sumSS) -- -- die :: Dist (Natural 1 6) 6 -- die = uniform [nat @1 @6 1 .. nat 6] -- -- dieSumProb = ssAddM `comp` (khatri die die) -- @ -- -- * 'Natural' data type Natural, nat, -- * Coerce auxiliar functions to help promote 'Int' typed functions to -- 'Natural' typed functions. coerceNat, coerceNat2, coerceNat3, -- * List data type List (..), -- * Category type-class Category(..) ) where import LAoP.Utils.Internal