/* RAND.H - Interface to random number generation procedures. */ /* Copyright (c) 1995, 2000, 2001 by Radford M. Neal * * Permission is granted for anyone to copy, use, modify, or distribute this * program and accompanying programs and documents for any purpose, provided * this copyright notice is retained and prominently displayed, along with * a note saying that the original programs are available from Radford Neal's * web page, and note is made of any changes made to the programs. The * programs and documents are distributed without any warranty, express or * implied. As the programs were written for research purposes only, they have * not been tested to the degree that would be advisable in any important * application. All use of these programs is entirely at the user's own risk. */ /* STATE OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. */ #define N_tables 5 /* Number of tables of real random numbers */ typedef struct { int seed; /* Seed state derives from */ int ptr[N_tables]; /* Pointers for tables of real random numbers */ unsigned short state48[3]; /* State of 'rand48' pseudo-random generator */ } rand_state; /* BASIC PSEUDO-RANDOM GENERATION PROCEDURES. */ void rand_seed (int); /* Initialize current state structure by seed */ void rand_use_state (rand_state *); /* Start using given state structure */ rand_state *rand_get_state (void); /* Return pointer to current state */ int rand_word (void); /* Generate random 31-bit positive integer */ /* GENERATORS FOR VARIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS. */ double rand_uniform (void); /* Uniform from [0,1) */ double rand_uniopen (void); /* Uniform from (0,1) */ int rand_int (int); /* Uniform from 0, 1, ... (n-1) */ int rand_pickd (double *, int); /* From 0 ... (n-1), with given distribution */ int rand_pickf (float *, int); /* Same as above, but with floats */ double rand_gaussian (void); /* Gaussian with mean zero and unit variance */ double rand_logistic (void); /* Logistic centred at zero with unit width */ double rand_cauchy (void); /* Cauchy centred at zero with unit width */ double rand_gamma (double); /* Gamma with given shape parameter */ double rand_exp (void); /* Exponential with mean one */ double rand_beta (double, double); /* Beta with given parameters */