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117 lines
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% The CGAL Reference Manual
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% Chapter: Geometric Object Generators
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% Section: Random Numbers Generator
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% file : doc_tex/support/Generator/Random.tex
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% author: Sven Schönherr <sven@inf.ethz.ch>
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% $CGAL_Chapter: Geometric Object Generators $
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% $CGAL_Package: Random_numbers WIP $
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% $Id$
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% $Date$
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\begin{ccRefClass}{Random}
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\label{sec:random_numbers_generator}
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\ccDefinition
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The class \ccRefName is a random numbers generator. It generates
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uniformly distributed random \ccc{bool}s, \ccc{int}s and \ccc{double}s.
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It can be used as the random number generating function object in the
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\stl\ algorithm \ccc{random_shuffle}.
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Instances of \ccClassName\ can be seen as input streams. Different
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streams are \emph{independent} of each other, i.e.\ the sequence of
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numbers from one stream does \emph{not} depend upon how many numbers
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were extracted from the other streams. At each time, an instance has
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a \emph{state} that uniquely determines the subsequent numbers being
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produced.
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It can be very useful, e.g.\ for debugging, to reproduce a sequence of
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random numbers. This can be done by either initialising with a fixed
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seed, or by using the state functions as described below.
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\ccInclude{CGAL/Random.h}
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\ccTypes
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\ccUnchecked
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\ccNestedType{State}{The State type.}
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\ccCreation
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\ccCreationVariable{random}
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\ccConstructor{ Random( );}{
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introduces a variable \ccVar\ of type \ccClassTemplateName. The
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seed is chosen ``randomly'', depending on the system time.}
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\ccConstructor{ Random( unsigned int seed);}{
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introduces a variable \ccVar\ of type \ccClassTemplateName\
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and initializes its internal state using \ccc{seed}. Equal
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values for \ccc{seed} result in equal sequences of random
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numbers.}
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\ccOperations
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\ccMemberFunction{ bool get_bool( );}{
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returns a random \ccc{bool}.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ template <int b> int get_bits();}{
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returns a random \ccc{int} value from the interval
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$[\mbox{\ccc{0},\ccc{2^b}})$. This is supposed to
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be efficient.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ int get_int( int lower, int upper);}{
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returns a random \ccc{int} from the interval
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$[\mbox{\ccc{lower},\ccc{upper}})$.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ double get_double( double lower = 0.0,
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double upper = 1.0);}{
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returns a random \ccc{double} from the interval
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$[\mbox{\ccc{lower},\ccc{upper}})$.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ int operator() ( int upper);}{
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returns \ccVar\ccc{.get_int( 0, upper)}.}
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\ccHeading{Seed and State Functions}
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\ccMemberFunction{ unsigned int get_seed() const;}{
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returns the seed used for initialization.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ void save_state( State& state) const;}{
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saves the current internal state in \ccc{state}.}
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\ccMemberFunction{ void restore_state( State const& state);}{
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restores the internal state from \ccc{state}.}
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\ccHeading{Equality Test}
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\ccMemberFunction{ bool operator == ( Random const& random2) const;}{
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returns \ccc{true}, iff \ccVar\ and \ccc{random2} have equal
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internal states.}
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\ccImplementation
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We use the C library function \ccc{rand} to generate the random
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numbers, \textit{i.e.}, the sequence of numbers depends on the implementation
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of \ccc{rand} on your specific platform.
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\ccSeeAlso
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\ccRefIdfierPage{CGAL::default_random}\\
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\end{ccRefClass}
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% ===== EOF ===================================================================
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