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62 #ifndef LEMON_RANDOM_H
63 #define LEMON_RANDOM_H
71 #include <lemon/math.h>
72 #include <lemon/dim2.h>
77 #include <sys/types.h>
80 #include <lemon/bits/windows.h>
85 ///\brief Mersenne Twister random number generator
89 namespace _random_bits {
91 template <typename _Word, int _bits = std::numeric_limits<_Word>::digits>
92 struct RandomTraits {};
94 template <typename _Word>
95 struct RandomTraits<_Word, 32> {
98 static const int bits = 32;
100 static const int length = 624;
101 static const int shift = 397;
103 static const Word mul = 0x6c078965u;
104 static const Word arrayInit = 0x012BD6AAu;
105 static const Word arrayMul1 = 0x0019660Du;
106 static const Word arrayMul2 = 0x5D588B65u;
108 static const Word mask = 0x9908B0DFu;
109 static const Word loMask = (1u << 31) - 1;
110 static const Word hiMask = ~loMask;
113 static Word tempering(Word rnd) {
115 rnd ^= (rnd << 7) & 0x9D2C5680u;
116 rnd ^= (rnd << 15) & 0xEFC60000u;
123 template <typename _Word>
124 struct RandomTraits<_Word, 64> {
127 static const int bits = 64;
129 static const int length = 312;
130 static const int shift = 156;
132 static const Word mul = Word(0x5851F42Du) << 32 | Word(0x4C957F2Du);
133 static const Word arrayInit = Word(0x00000000u) << 32 |Word(0x012BD6AAu);
134 static const Word arrayMul1 = Word(0x369DEA0Fu) << 32 |Word(0x31A53F85u);
135 static const Word arrayMul2 = Word(0x27BB2EE6u) << 32 |Word(0x87B0B0FDu);
137 static const Word mask = Word(0xB5026F5Au) << 32 | Word(0xA96619E9u);
138 static const Word loMask = (Word(1u) << 31) - 1;
139 static const Word hiMask = ~loMask;
141 static Word tempering(Word rnd) {
142 rnd ^= (rnd >> 29) & (Word(0x55555555u) << 32 | Word(0x55555555u));
143 rnd ^= (rnd << 17) & (Word(0x71D67FFFu) << 32 | Word(0xEDA60000u));
144 rnd ^= (rnd << 37) & (Word(0xFFF7EEE0u) << 32 | Word(0x00000000u));
151 template <typename _Word>
159 static const int bits = RandomTraits<Word>::bits;
161 static const int length = RandomTraits<Word>::length;
162 static const int shift = RandomTraits<Word>::shift;
167 static const Word seedArray[4] = {
168 0x12345u, 0x23456u, 0x34567u, 0x45678u
171 initState(seedArray, seedArray + 4);
174 void initState(Word seed) {
176 static const Word mul = RandomTraits<Word>::mul;
180 Word *curr = state + length - 1;
181 curr[0] = seed; --curr;
182 for (int i = 1; i < length; ++i) {
183 curr[0] = (mul * ( curr[1] ^ (curr[1] >> (bits - 2)) ) + i);
188 template <typename Iterator>
189 void initState(Iterator begin, Iterator end) {
191 static const Word init = RandomTraits<Word>::arrayInit;
192 static const Word mul1 = RandomTraits<Word>::arrayMul1;
193 static const Word mul2 = RandomTraits<Word>::arrayMul2;
196 Word *curr = state + length - 1; --curr;
197 Iterator it = begin; int cnt = 0;
202 num = length > end - begin ? length : end - begin;
204 curr[0] = (curr[0] ^ ((curr[1] ^ (curr[1] >> (bits - 2))) * mul1))
211 curr = state + length - 1; curr[0] = state[0];
216 num = length - 1; cnt = length - (curr - state) - 1;
218 curr[0] = (curr[0] ^ ((curr[1] ^ (curr[1] >> (bits - 2))) * mul2))
222 curr = state + length - 1; curr[0] = state[0]; --curr;
227 state[length - 1] = Word(1) << (bits - 1);
230 void copyState(const RandomCore& other) {
231 std::copy(other.state, other.state + length, state);
232 current = state + (other.current - other.state);
236 if (current == state) fillState();
239 return RandomTraits<Word>::tempering(rnd);
246 static const Word mask[2] = { 0x0ul, RandomTraits<Word>::mask };
247 static const Word loMask = RandomTraits<Word>::loMask;
248 static const Word hiMask = RandomTraits<Word>::hiMask;
250 current = state + length;
252 register Word *curr = state + length - 1;
255 num = length - shift;
257 curr[0] = (((curr[0] & hiMask) | (curr[-1] & loMask)) >> 1) ^
258 curr[- shift] ^ mask[curr[-1] & 1ul];
263 curr[0] = (((curr[0] & hiMask) | (curr[-1] & loMask)) >> 1) ^
264 curr[length - shift] ^ mask[curr[-1] & 1ul];
267 state[0] = (((state[0] & hiMask) | (curr[length - 1] & loMask)) >> 1) ^
268 curr[length - shift] ^ mask[curr[length - 1] & 1ul];
279 template <typename Result,
280 int shift = (std::numeric_limits<Result>::digits + 1) / 2>
282 static Result mask(const Result& result) {
283 return Masker<Result, (shift + 1) / 2>::
284 mask(static_cast<Result>(result | (result >> shift)));
288 template <typename Result>
289 struct Masker<Result, 1> {
290 static Result mask(const Result& result) {
291 return static_cast<Result>(result | (result >> 1));
295 template <typename Result, typename Word,
296 int rest = std::numeric_limits<Result>::digits, int shift = 0,
297 bool last = rest <= std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits>
298 struct IntConversion {
299 static const int bits = std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits;
301 static Result convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
302 return static_cast<Result>(rnd() >> (bits - rest)) << shift;
307 template <typename Result, typename Word, int rest, int shift>
308 struct IntConversion<Result, Word, rest, shift, false> {
309 static const int bits = std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits;
311 static Result convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
312 return (static_cast<Result>(rnd()) << shift) |
313 IntConversion<Result, Word, rest - bits, shift + bits>::convert(rnd);
318 template <typename Result, typename Word,
319 bool one_word = (std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits <
320 std::numeric_limits<Result>::digits) >
322 static Result map(RandomCore<Word>& rnd, const Result& bound) {
323 Word max = Word(bound - 1);
324 Result mask = Masker<Result>::mask(bound - 1);
327 num = IntConversion<Result, Word>::convert(rnd) & mask;
333 template <typename Result, typename Word>
334 struct Mapping<Result, Word, false> {
335 static Result map(RandomCore<Word>& rnd, const Result& bound) {
336 Word max = Word(bound - 1);
337 Word mask = Masker<Word, (std::numeric_limits<Result>::digits + 1) / 2>
347 template <typename Result, int exp>
348 struct ShiftMultiplier {
349 static const Result multiplier() {
350 Result res = ShiftMultiplier<Result, exp / 2>::multiplier();
352 if ((exp & 1) == 1) res *= static_cast<Result>(0.5);
357 template <typename Result>
358 struct ShiftMultiplier<Result, 0> {
359 static const Result multiplier() {
360 return static_cast<Result>(1.0);
364 template <typename Result>
365 struct ShiftMultiplier<Result, 20> {
366 static const Result multiplier() {
367 return static_cast<Result>(1.0/1048576.0);
371 template <typename Result>
372 struct ShiftMultiplier<Result, 32> {
373 static const Result multiplier() {
374 return static_cast<Result>(1.0/4294967296.0);
378 template <typename Result>
379 struct ShiftMultiplier<Result, 53> {
380 static const Result multiplier() {
381 return static_cast<Result>(1.0/9007199254740992.0);
385 template <typename Result>
386 struct ShiftMultiplier<Result, 64> {
387 static const Result multiplier() {
388 return static_cast<Result>(1.0/18446744073709551616.0);
392 template <typename Result, int exp>
394 static Result shift(const Result& result) {
395 return result * ShiftMultiplier<Result, exp>::multiplier();
399 template <typename Result, typename Word,
400 int rest = std::numeric_limits<Result>::digits, int shift = 0,
401 bool last = rest <= std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits>
402 struct RealConversion{
403 static const int bits = std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits;
405 static Result convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
406 return Shifting<Result, shift + rest>::
407 shift(static_cast<Result>(rnd() >> (bits - rest)));
411 template <typename Result, typename Word, int rest, int shift>
412 struct RealConversion<Result, Word, rest, shift, false> {
413 static const int bits = std::numeric_limits<Word>::digits;
415 static Result convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
416 return Shifting<Result, shift + bits>::
417 shift(static_cast<Result>(rnd())) +
418 RealConversion<Result, Word, rest-bits, shift + bits>::
423 template <typename Result, typename Word>
426 template <typename Iterator>
427 static void init(RandomCore<Word>& rnd, Iterator begin, Iterator end) {
428 std::vector<Word> ws;
429 for (Iterator it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
430 ws.push_back(Word(*it));
432 rnd.initState(ws.begin(), ws.end());
435 static void init(RandomCore<Word>& rnd, Result seed) {
440 template <typename Word>
441 struct BoolConversion {
442 static bool convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
443 return (rnd() & 1) == 1;
447 template <typename Word>
448 struct BoolProducer {
452 BoolProducer() : num(0) {}
454 bool convert(RandomCore<Word>& rnd) {
457 num = RandomTraits<Word>::bits;
459 bool r = (buffer & 1);
470 /// \brief Mersenne Twister random number generator
472 /// The Mersenne Twister is a twisted generalized feedback
473 /// shift-register generator of Matsumoto and Nishimura. The period
474 /// of this generator is \f$ 2^{19937} - 1 \f$ and it is
475 /// equi-distributed in 623 dimensions for 32-bit numbers. The time
476 /// performance of this generator is comparable to the commonly used
479 /// This implementation is specialized for both 32-bit and 64-bit
480 /// architectures. The generators differ sligthly in the
481 /// initialization and generation phase so they produce two
482 /// completly different sequences.
484 /// The generator gives back random numbers of serveral types. To
485 /// get a random number from a range of a floating point type you
486 /// can use one form of the \c operator() or the \c real() member
487 /// function. If you want to get random number from the {0, 1, ...,
488 /// n-1} integer range use the \c operator[] or the \c integer()
489 /// method. And to get random number from the whole range of an
490 /// integer type you can use the argumentless \c integer() or \c
491 /// uinteger() functions. After all you can get random bool with
492 /// equal chance of true and false or given probability of true
493 /// result with the \c boolean() member functions.
496 /// // The commented code is identical to the other
497 /// double a = rnd(); // [0.0, 1.0)
498 /// // double a = rnd.real(); // [0.0, 1.0)
499 /// double b = rnd(100.0); // [0.0, 100.0)
500 /// // double b = rnd.real(100.0); // [0.0, 100.0)
501 /// double c = rnd(1.0, 2.0); // [1.0, 2.0)
502 /// // double c = rnd.real(1.0, 2.0); // [1.0, 2.0)
503 /// int d = rnd[100000]; // 0..99999
504 /// // int d = rnd.integer(100000); // 0..99999
505 /// int e = rnd[6] + 1; // 1..6
506 /// // int e = rnd.integer(1, 1 + 6); // 1..6
507 /// int b = rnd.uinteger<int>(); // 0 .. 2^31 - 1
508 /// int c = rnd.integer<int>(); // - 2^31 .. 2^31 - 1
509 /// bool g = rnd.boolean(); // P(g = true) = 0.5
510 /// bool h = rnd.boolean(0.8); // P(h = true) = 0.8
513 /// LEMON provides a global instance of the random number
514 /// generator which name is \ref lemon::rnd "rnd". Usually it is a
515 /// good programming convenience to use this global generator to get
521 typedef unsigned long Word;
523 _random_bits::RandomCore<Word> core;
524 _random_bits::BoolProducer<Word> bool_producer;
529 ///\name Initialization
533 /// \brief Default constructor
535 /// Constructor with constant seeding.
536 Random() { core.initState(); }
538 /// \brief Constructor with seed
540 /// Constructor with seed. The current number type will be converted
541 /// to the architecture word type.
542 template <typename Number>
543 Random(Number seed) {
544 _random_bits::Initializer<Number, Word>::init(core, seed);
547 /// \brief Constructor with array seeding
549 /// Constructor with array seeding. The given range should contain
550 /// any number type and the numbers will be converted to the
551 /// architecture word type.
552 template <typename Iterator>
553 Random(Iterator begin, Iterator end) {
554 typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type Number;
555 _random_bits::Initializer<Number, Word>::init(core, begin, end);
558 /// \brief Copy constructor
560 /// Copy constructor. The generated sequence will be identical to
561 /// the other sequence. It can be used to save the current state
562 /// of the generator and later use it to generate the same
564 Random(const Random& other) {
565 core.copyState(other.core);
568 /// \brief Assign operator
570 /// Assign operator. The generated sequence will be identical to
571 /// the other sequence. It can be used to save the current state
572 /// of the generator and later use it to generate the same
574 Random& operator=(const Random& other) {
575 if (&other != this) {
576 core.copyState(other.core);
581 /// \brief Seeding random sequence
583 /// Seeding the random sequence. The current number type will be
584 /// converted to the architecture word type.
585 template <typename Number>
586 void seed(Number seed) {
587 _random_bits::Initializer<Number, Word>::init(core, seed);
590 /// \brief Seeding random sequence
592 /// Seeding the random sequence. The given range should contain
593 /// any number type and the numbers will be converted to the
594 /// architecture word type.
595 template <typename Iterator>
596 void seed(Iterator begin, Iterator end) {
597 typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type Number;
598 _random_bits::Initializer<Number, Word>::init(core, begin, end);
601 /// \brief Seeding from file or from process id and time
603 /// By default, this function calls the \c seedFromFile() member
604 /// function with the <tt>/dev/urandom</tt> file. If it does not success,
605 /// it uses the \c seedFromTime().
606 /// \return Currently always \c true.
609 if (seedFromFile("/dev/urandom", 0)) return true;
611 if (seedFromTime()) return true;
615 /// \brief Seeding from file
617 /// Seeding the random sequence from file. The linux kernel has two
618 /// devices, <tt>/dev/random</tt> and <tt>/dev/urandom</tt> which
619 /// could give good seed values for pseudo random generators (The
620 /// difference between two devices is that the <tt>random</tt> may
621 /// block the reading operation while the kernel can give good
622 /// source of randomness, while the <tt>urandom</tt> does not
623 /// block the input, but it could give back bytes with worse
625 /// \param file The source file
626 /// \param offset The offset, from the file read.
627 /// \return \c true when the seeding successes.
629 bool seedFromFile(const std::string& file = "/dev/urandom", int offset = 0)
631 bool seedFromFile(const std::string& file = "", int offset = 0)
634 std::ifstream rs(file.c_str());
637 if (offset != 0 && !rs.seekg(offset)) return false;
638 if (!rs.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf), sizeof(buf))) return false;
639 seed(buf, buf + size);
643 /// \brief Seding from process id and time
645 /// Seding from process id and time. This function uses the
646 /// current process id and the current time for initialize the
648 /// \return Currently always \c true.
649 bool seedFromTime() {
652 gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
653 seed(getpid() + tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec);
655 seed(bits::getWinRndSeed());
662 ///\name Uniform Distributions
666 /// \brief Returns a random real number from the range [0, 1)
668 /// It returns a random real number from the range [0, 1). The
669 /// default Number type is \c double.
670 template <typename Number>
672 return _random_bits::RealConversion<Number, Word>::convert(core);
676 return real<double>();
679 /// \brief Returns a random real number from the range [0, 1)
681 /// It returns a random double from the range [0, 1).
682 double operator()() {
683 return real<double>();
686 /// \brief Returns a random real number from the range [0, b)
688 /// It returns a random real number from the range [0, b).
689 double operator()(double b) {
690 return real<double>() * b;
693 /// \brief Returns a random real number from the range [a, b)
695 /// It returns a random real number from the range [a, b).
696 double operator()(double a, double b) {
697 return real<double>() * (b - a) + a;
700 /// \brief Returns a random integer from a range
702 /// It returns a random integer from the range {0, 1, ..., b - 1}.
703 template <typename Number>
704 Number integer(Number b) {
705 return _random_bits::Mapping<Number, Word>::map(core, b);
708 /// \brief Returns a random integer from a range
710 /// It returns a random integer from the range {a, a + 1, ..., b - 1}.
711 template <typename Number>
712 Number integer(Number a, Number b) {
713 return _random_bits::Mapping<Number, Word>::map(core, b - a) + a;
716 /// \brief Returns a random integer from a range
718 /// It returns a random integer from the range {0, 1, ..., b - 1}.
719 template <typename Number>
720 Number operator[](Number b) {
721 return _random_bits::Mapping<Number, Word>::map(core, b);
724 /// \brief Returns a random non-negative integer
726 /// It returns a random non-negative integer uniformly from the
727 /// whole range of the current \c Number type. The default result
728 /// type of this function is <tt>unsigned int</tt>.
729 template <typename Number>
731 return _random_bits::IntConversion<Number, Word>::convert(core);
734 unsigned int uinteger() {
735 return uinteger<unsigned int>();
738 /// \brief Returns a random integer
740 /// It returns a random integer uniformly from the whole range of
741 /// the current \c Number type. The default result type of this
742 /// function is \c int.
743 template <typename Number>
745 static const int nb = std::numeric_limits<Number>::digits +
746 (std::numeric_limits<Number>::is_signed ? 1 : 0);
747 return _random_bits::IntConversion<Number, Word, nb>::convert(core);
751 return integer<int>();
754 /// \brief Returns a random bool
756 /// It returns a random bool. The generator holds a buffer for
757 /// random bits. Every time when it become empty the generator makes
758 /// a new random word and fill the buffer up.
760 return bool_producer.convert(core);
765 ///\name Non-uniform Distributions
769 /// \brief Returns a random bool with given probability of true result.
771 /// It returns a random bool with given probability of true result.
772 bool boolean(double p) {
773 return operator()() < p;
776 /// Standard normal (Gauss) distribution
778 /// Standard normal (Gauss) distribution.
779 /// \note The Cartesian form of the Box-Muller
780 /// transformation is used to generate a random normal distribution.
785 V1=2*real<double>()-1;
786 V2=2*real<double>()-1;
789 return std::sqrt(-2*std::log(S)/S)*V1;
791 /// Normal (Gauss) distribution with given mean and standard deviation
793 /// Normal (Gauss) distribution with given mean and standard deviation.
795 double gauss(double mean,double std_dev)
797 return gauss()*std_dev+mean;
800 /// Lognormal distribution
802 /// Lognormal distribution. The parameters are the mean and the standard
803 /// deviation of <tt>exp(X)</tt>.
805 double lognormal(double n_mean,double n_std_dev)
807 return std::exp(gauss(n_mean,n_std_dev));
809 /// Lognormal distribution
811 /// Lognormal distribution. The parameter is an <tt>std::pair</tt> of
812 /// the mean and the standard deviation of <tt>exp(X)</tt>.
814 double lognormal(const std::pair<double,double> ¶ms)
816 return std::exp(gauss(params.first,params.second));
818 /// Compute the lognormal parameters from mean and standard deviation
820 /// This function computes the lognormal parameters from mean and
821 /// standard deviation. The return value can direcly be passed to
823 std::pair<double,double> lognormalParamsFromMD(double mean,
826 double fr=std_dev/mean;
828 double lg=std::log(1+fr);
829 return std::pair<double,double>(std::log(mean)-lg/2.0,std::sqrt(lg));
831 /// Lognormal distribution with given mean and standard deviation
833 /// Lognormal distribution with given mean and standard deviation.
835 double lognormalMD(double mean,double std_dev)
837 return lognormal(lognormalParamsFromMD(mean,std_dev));
840 /// Exponential distribution with given mean
842 /// This function generates an exponential distribution random number
843 /// with mean <tt>1/lambda</tt>.
845 double exponential(double lambda=1.0)
847 return -std::log(1.0-real<double>())/lambda;
850 /// Gamma distribution with given integer shape
852 /// This function generates a gamma distribution random number.
854 ///\param k shape parameter (<tt>k>0</tt> integer)
858 for(int i=0;i<k;i++) s-=std::log(1.0-real<double>());
862 /// Gamma distribution with given shape and scale parameter
864 /// This function generates a gamma distribution random number.
866 ///\param k shape parameter (<tt>k>0</tt>)
867 ///\param theta scale parameter
869 double gamma(double k,double theta=1.0)
872 const double delta = k-std::floor(k);
873 const double v0=E/(E-delta);
875 double V0=1.0-real<double>();
876 double V1=1.0-real<double>();
877 double V2=1.0-real<double>();
880 xi=std::pow(V1,1.0/delta);
881 nu=V0*std::pow(xi,delta-1.0);
888 } while(nu>std::pow(xi,delta-1.0)*std::exp(-xi));
889 return theta*(xi+gamma(int(std::floor(k))));
892 /// Weibull distribution
894 /// This function generates a Weibull distribution random number.
896 ///\param k shape parameter (<tt>k>0</tt>)
897 ///\param lambda scale parameter (<tt>lambda>0</tt>)
899 double weibull(double k,double lambda)
901 return lambda*pow(-std::log(1.0-real<double>()),1.0/k);
904 /// Pareto distribution
906 /// This function generates a Pareto distribution random number.
908 ///\param k shape parameter (<tt>k>0</tt>)
909 ///\param x_min location parameter (<tt>x_min>0</tt>)
911 double pareto(double k,double x_min)
913 return exponential(gamma(k,1.0/x_min))+x_min;
916 /// Poisson distribution
918 /// This function generates a Poisson distribution random number with
919 /// parameter \c lambda.
921 /// The probability mass function of this distribusion is
922 /// \f[ \frac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda^k}{k!} \f]
923 /// \note The algorithm is taken from the book of Donald E. Knuth titled
924 /// ''Seminumerical Algorithms'' (1969). Its running time is linear in the
927 int poisson(double lambda)
929 const double l = std::exp(-lambda);
941 ///\name Two Dimensional Distributions
945 /// Uniform distribution on the full unit circle
947 /// Uniform distribution on the full unit circle.
949 dim2::Point<double> disc()
953 V1=2*real<double>()-1;
954 V2=2*real<double>()-1;
956 } while(V1*V1+V2*V2>=1);
957 return dim2::Point<double>(V1,V2);
959 /// A kind of two dimensional normal (Gauss) distribution
961 /// This function provides a turning symmetric two-dimensional distribution.
962 /// Both coordinates are of standard normal distribution, but they are not
965 /// \note The coordinates are the two random variables provided by
966 /// the Box-Muller method.
967 dim2::Point<double> gauss2()
971 V1=2*real<double>()-1;
972 V2=2*real<double>()-1;
975 double W=std::sqrt(-2*std::log(S)/S);
976 return dim2::Point<double>(W*V1,W*V2);
978 /// A kind of two dimensional exponential distribution
980 /// This function provides a turning symmetric two-dimensional distribution.
981 /// The x-coordinate is of conditionally exponential distribution
982 /// with the condition that x is positive and y=0. If x is negative and
983 /// y=0 then, -x is of exponential distribution. The same is true for the
985 dim2::Point<double> exponential2()
989 V1=2*real<double>()-1;
990 V2=2*real<double>()-1;
993 double W=-std::log(S)/S;
994 return dim2::Point<double>(W*V1,W*V2);