DRand (Nuiton Matrix :: API 2.8 API)

java.lang.Object
- cern.colt.PersistentObject
- - cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine
  - - cern.jet.random.engine.DRand

All Implemented Interfaces:

DoubleFunction, IntFunction, Serializable, Cloneable
```
public class DRand
extends RandomEngine
```
Quick medium quality uniform pseudo-random number generator. Produces uniformly distributed int's and long's in the closed intervals [Integer.MIN_VALUE,Integer.MAX_VALUE] and [Long.MIN_VALUE,Long.MAX_VALUE], respectively, as well as float's and double's in the open unit intervals (0.0f,1.0f) and (0.0,1.0), respectively.
The seed can be any integer satisfying 0 < 4*seed+1 < 2³². In other words, there must hold seed >= 0 && seed < 1073741823.
Quality: This generator follows the multiplicative congruential method of the form

z(i+1) = a * z(i) (mod m) with a=663608941 (=0X278DDE6DL), m=2³².

z(i) assumes all different values 0 < 4*seed+1 < m during a full period of 2³⁰.

Performance: TO_DO
Implementation: TO_DO
Note that this implementation is not synchronized.

Version:

1.0, 09/24/99

Author:

wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch

See Also:

MersenneTwister, Random, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static int DEFAULT_SEED

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`DRand()`	Constructs and returns a random number generator with a default seed, which is a constant.
`DRand(int seed)`	Constructs and returns a random number generator with the given seed.
`DRand(Date d)`	Constructs and returns a random number generator seeded with the given date.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`nextInt()`	Returns a 32 bit uniformly distributed random number in the closed interval `[Integer.MIN_VALUE,Integer.MAX_VALUE]` (including `Integer.MIN_VALUE` and `Integer.MAX_VALUE`).
`protected void`	`setSeed(int seed)`	Sets the receiver's seed.

Methods inherited from class cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine
apply, apply, makeDefault, nextDouble, nextFloat, nextLong, raw

Methods inherited from class cern.colt.PersistentObject
clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - DEFAULT_SEED
```
public static final int DEFAULT_SEED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - DRand
```
public DRand()
```
    Constructs and returns a random number generator with a default seed, which is a constant.
  - DRand
```
public DRand(int seed)
```
    Constructs and returns a random number generator with the given seed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    seed - should not be 0, in such a case DRand.DEFAULT_SEED is substituted.
  - DRand
```
public DRand(Date d)
```
    Constructs and returns a random number generator seeded with the given date.
    
    Parameters:
    
    d - typically new java.util.Date()
- Method Detail
  - nextInt
```
public int nextInt()
```
    Returns a 32 bit uniformly distributed random number in the closed interval [Integer.MIN_VALUE,Integer.MAX_VALUE] (including Integer.MIN_VALUE and Integer.MAX_VALUE).
    
    Specified by:
    
    nextInt in class RandomEngine
  - setSeed
```
protected void setSeed(int seed)
```
    Sets the receiver's seed. This method resets the receiver's entire internal state. The following condition must hold: seed >= 0 && seed < (2³²-1) / 4.
    
    Parameters:
    
    seed - if the above condition does not hold, a modified seed that meets the condition is silently substituted.