/**
* Samples n ids by using SimpleRandomSampling (Simple Random Sampling).
*
* @param idList
* @param n
* @param withReplacement
* @return
*/
public static FlatDataCollection randomSampling(
FlatDataList idList, int n, boolean withReplacement) {
FlatDataList sampledIds = new FlatDataList();
int populationN = idList.size();
for (int i = 0; i < n; ) {
if (withReplacement == false && populationN <= n) {
/* if replacement is not allowed and we already sampled everything that it can stop */
break;
}
int randomPosition = PHPMethods.mt_rand(0, populationN - 1);
Object pointID = idList.get(randomPosition);
if (withReplacement == false) {
/* if replacement is not allowed check if the point already exists */
if (sampledIds.contains(pointID)) {
continue;
}
}
sampledIds.add(pointID);
++i;
}
return sampledIds.toFlatDataCollection();
}
