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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-2024 KMath contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package space.kscience.kmath.samplers
+
+import space.kscience.kmath.chains.BlockingDoubleChain
+import space.kscience.kmath.distributions.NormalDistribution
+import space.kscience.kmath.random.RandomGenerator
+import space.kscience.kmath.structures.Float64Buffer
+
+/**
+ * [Metropolis–Hastings algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%E2%80%93Hastings_algorithm) for sampling
+ * target distribution [distribution].
+ *
+ */
+public class MetropolisHastingsSampler(
+    public val distribution: (x : Double) -> Double,
+    public val initState : Double = 0.0,
+) : BlockingDoubleSampler {
+    override fun sample(generator: RandomGenerator): BlockingDoubleChain = object : BlockingDoubleChain {
+        var currState = initState
+
+        override fun nextBufferBlocking(size: Int): Float64Buffer {
+            val u = generator.nextDoubleBuffer(size)
+
+            return Float64Buffer(size) {index ->
+                val proposalDist = NormalDistribution(currState, 0.01)
+                val newState = proposalDist.sample(RandomGenerator.default(1)).nextBufferBlocking(1).get(0)
+                val acceptanceRatio = distribution(newState) / distribution(currState)
+                if (u[index] <= acceptanceRatio) {
+                    currState = newState
+                }
+                currState
+            }
+        }
+
+        override suspend fun fork(): BlockingDoubleChain = BoxMullerSampler.sample(generator.fork())
+    }
+
+}
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