function g = berman(a,b)

% Returns gamma variates, see Devroye (1986) page 418.
%
% INPUTS
% - a    [double]     n*1 vector, first hyperparameter.
% - b    [double]     n*1 vector, second hyperparameter.
%
% OUTPUTS
% - g    [double]     n*1 vector, gamma variates.

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nn = length(a);
mm = nn;
aa = 1./a ;
cc = 1./(1-a) ;
INDEX = 1:mm;
index = INDEX;
UV = NaN(nn,2);
X  = NaN(nn,1);
Y  = NaN(nn,1);

while mm
    UV(index,:) = rand(mm,2);
    X(index) = UV(index,1).^aa(index);
    Y(index) = UV(index,2).^cc(index);
    index = index(X(index)+Y(index)>1);
    mm = length(index);
end

Z = gamrnd(2*ones(nn,1), ones(nn,1));
g = (Z.*X).*b ;