rand.h

/* RAND.H - Interface to random number generation procedures. */

/* Copyright (c) 1995, 2000, 2001 by Radford M. Neal 
 *
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 * 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
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 * 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 */