sst/core/rng/marsaglia.h

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#ifndef SST_CORE_RNG_MARSAGLIA_H
#define SST_CORE_RNG_MARSAGLIA_H
#include <sst/core/sst_types.h>

#include <stdint.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

#include "sstrng.h"

#define MARSAGLIA_UINT32_MAX 4294967295U
#define MARSAGLIA_UINT64_MAX 18446744073709551615ULL
#define MARSAGLIA_INT32_MAX  2147483647L
#define MARSAGLIA_INT64_MAX  9223372036854775807LL

namespace SST {
namespace RNG {
/**
        \class MarsagliaRNG marsaglia.h "sst/core/rng/marsaglia.h"

        Implements a random number generator using the Marsaglia method. This method is
        computationally cheap and provides a reasonable distribution of random numbers. If
        you need additional strength in the random numbers you may want to consider the
        Mersenne RNG.

        For more information see the Multiply-with-carry Random Number Generator article
        at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiply-with-carry).
*/
class MarsagliaRNG : public SSTRandom {

    public:
        /**
                Creates a new Marsaglia RNG using the initial seeds.
                @param[in] initial_z One of the random seed pairs
                @param[in] initial_w One of the random seed pairs.
        */
        MarsagliaRNG(unsigned int initial_z,
                unsigned int initial_w);

        /**
                Creates a new Marsaglia RNG using random initial seeds (which are
                read from the system clock). Note that these will create variation
                between runs and between platforms.
        */
        MarsagliaRNG();

        /**
                Restart the random number generator with new seeds
                @param[in] new_z A new Z-seed
                @param[in] new_w A new W-seed
        */
        void    restart(unsigned int new_z, unsigned int new_w);

        /**
                Generates the next random number as a double in the range 0 to 1.
        */
        double   nextUniform();

        /**
                Generates the next random number as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
        */
        uint32_t generateNextUInt32();

        /**
                Generates the next random number as an unsigned 64-bit integer.
        */
        uint64_t generateNextUInt64();

        /**
                Generates the next number as a signed 64-bit integer.
        */
        int64_t  generateNextInt64();

        /**
                Generates the next number as a signed 32-bit integer.
        */
        int32_t   generateNextInt32();

    private:
        /**
                Generates the next random number
        */
        unsigned int generateNext();

        /**
                The Z seed of the Marsaglia generator
        */
        unsigned int m_z;

        /**
                The W seed of the Marsaglia generator
        */
        unsigned int m_w;

};

} //namespace RNG
} //namespace SST

#endif //SST_CORE_RNG_MARSAGLIA_H

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