RWTRandNormal<Generator>


RWTRandNormal<Generator>RWTRand<Generator>

Data Type and Member Function Indexes
Synopsis
Descripton
Example
Public Constructors
Public Operator
Public Member Functions

Data Type and Member Function Indexes
(exclusive of constructors and destructors)

Member Functions
mean() operator()()	setMean() setVariance()	variance()

Synopsis

#include <rw/rand.h>
RWTRandNormal<Generator> gen;

Descripton

Class RWTRandNormal<Generator> generates random numbers from a normal distribution:

where µ is the mean, and is the variance. The algorithm used to generate the random numbers begins with random numbers generated from a uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1]. Thus, the speed and statistical properties of the normal random numbers may be varied by varying the Generator template parameter, which is responsible for generating these uniformly distributed numbers.

The class Generator must be a function object whose function call operator returns a uniform random double between 0 and 1. The class RWRandGenerator supplied with the library may be used.

Example

#include <rw/rand.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include "myrand.h"

int main()  {
// Create a uniform generator on [0, 1] with an 
// initial seed value.
  RWRandGenerator uniform(123456L);  

// Create a normal generator with mean 75 and variance 100
// using the above uniform generator for generator.
  RWTRandNormal<RWRandGenerator> normal(uniform, 75.0, 100.0);

// Create a normal generator with mean 0 and variance 1 
// using class RWRandGenerator.
  RWTRandNormal<RWRandGenerator> normalZeroOne;

// Create a normal generator with mean -3.14 and variance
// 345.67 using a class MyDoubleRand to generate the 
// uniform [0, 1] deviates.
  RWTRandNormal<MyDoubleRand> myRandNormal( -3.14, 345.67 );

// Print a few values.
  for ( int j = 0; j < 10; j++ )
  {
    cout << "normal(75,100) = " << normal();
    cout << "\normal(0,1) = " << normalZeroOne();
    cout << "normal(-3.14,345.67) = " << myRandNormal() << endl;
}
  
// Restart one of the generators with another seed value
// using the RWRandGenerator method restart().
  ( normalZeroOne.generator() ).restart( 654321L);

  return 0;
}

Public Constructors

RWTRandNormal();

Constructs a generator with mean 0 and variance 1.

RWTRandNormal(double mean, double variance);

Constructs a generator with the mean specified by the first parameter and variance specified by the second parameter.

RWTRandNormal(const Generator& g, double mean=0, variance=1);

Constructs a generator with underlying uniform [0, 1] generator g and the specified mean and variance.

RWTRandNormal(const RWTRandNormal<Generator>& g);

Constructs self as a copy of g.

Public Operator

double    operator()()

Returns the next random number in the sequence.

Public Member Functions

double
mean() const;

Returns the mean of the distribution.

void
setMean(double m);

Sets the mean of the distribution to m.

void
setVariance(double v);

Sets the variance of the distribution to v.

double
variance() const;

Returns the variance of the distribution.