rand2.h

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

/* Copyright (c) 1995 by Radford M. Neal 
 *
 * Permission is granted for anyone to copy, use, or modify this program 
 * for purposes of research or education, provided this copyright notice 
 * is retained, and note is made of any changes that have been made. 
 *
 * This program is distributed without any warranty, express or implied.
 * As this program was written for research purposes only, it has not been
 * tested to the degree that would be advisable in any important application.
 * All use of this program is entirely at the user's own risk.
 */

/* added by djcm : */
#ifndef RAND2_H
#define RAND2_H
#define ran_seed(s) rand_seed(s)
#define ranf()      rand_uniform()
#define ranu()      rand_uniopen()
#define rann()      rand_gaussian()

/* STATE OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. */

#define N_tables 5		/* Number of tables of real random numbers */

typedef struct
{ int seed;			/* Seed state derives from */
  long 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_exp (void);		/* Exponential with mean one */
double rand_cauchy (void);	/* Cauchy centred at zero with unit width */
double rand_gamma (double);	/* Gamma with given shape parameter */
double rand_beta (double, double); /* Beta with given parameters */
#endif