function  g = best_1978(a ,b)

% Returns gamma variates, see Devroye (1986) page 410 and Best (1978).
%
% 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;
bb = a-1;
cc = 3*a-.75;
U = NaN(nn,1);
Y = NaN(nn,1);
X = NaN(nn,1);
Z = NaN(nn,1);
W = NaN(nn,1);
index = 1:nn;

while mm
    U(index) = rand(mm,1);
    W(index) = U(index).*(1-U(index)); % e
    Y(index) = sqrt(cc(index)./W(index)).*(U(index)-.5); % f
    X(index) = bb(index)+Y(index); % x
    id1 = index(X(index)<0); % Reject.
    id2 = setdiff(index, id1);
    if numel(id2) ~= 0 || isoctave || ~matlab_ver_less_than('9.1')
        % If id2=[], LHS of the .* has size [0,0], while RHS is [0,1].
        % Since there is no automatic broadcast in MATLAB < R2016b, skip the
        % statement in that case.
        Z(id2) = 64.0*(W(id2).^3).*(rand(length(id2),1).^2); % d
    end
    id3 = id2(Z(id2)>1.0-2.0*Y(id2).*Y(id2)./X(id2)); % Reject.
    id4 = id3(log(Z(id3))>2.0*(bb(id3).*log(X(id3)./bb(id3))-Y(id3))); % Reject.
    index = [id1, id4];
    mm = length(index);
end

g = X.*b;
