cpp_random.md

CPP_RANDOM
C++ Random Number Generator Routines {#cpp_random-c-random-number-generator-routines align="center"}

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CPP_RANDOM is a directory of C++ programs which illustrate the use of the C++ random number generator routines.

Licensing: {#licensing align="center"}

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages: {#languages align="center"}

CPP_RANDOM is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs: {#related-data-and-programs align="center"}

ASA183, a C++ library which implements a pseudorandom number generator, by Wichman and Hill. This is a C++ version of Applied Statistics Algorithm 183.

NORMAL, a C++ library which computes elements of a sequence of pseudorandom normally distributed values.

RAND48, a C++ program which demonstrates the use of the rand48 family of random number generators available in the C/C++ standard library.

RANDLC, a C++ library which generates a sequence of pseudorandom numbers, used by the NAS Benchmark programs.

RNGLIB, a C++ library which implements a random number generator (RNG) with splitting facilities, allowing multiple independent streams to be computed, by L'Ecuyer and Cote.

UNIFORM, a C++ library which computes elements of a uniform pseudorandom sequence.

VAN_DER_CORPUT, a C++ library which computes elements of a 1D van der Corput Quasi Monte Carlo (QMC) sequence using a simple interface.

Reference: {#reference align="center"}

1. Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel,
   C++: How to Program,
   Seventh Edition,
   Prentice Hall, 2011,
   ISBN: 978-013-216541-9,
   LC: QA76.73.C153.D45.
2. Steve Oaulline,
   Practical C++ Programming,
   Second Edition,
   O'Reilly, 2003,
   ISBN: 1-56592-139-9,
   LC: QA76.73.C15.O84.
3. Bjarne Stroustrup,
   The C++ Programming Language,
   Addison-Wesley, 2000,
   ISBN: 0-201-70073-5,
   LC: QA76.73.C153.S77.

Examples and Tests: {#examples-and-tests align="center"}

DRAND48_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRAND48 to set the seed and DRAND48 to return random real numbers in [0,1].

• drand48_test.cpp, the source code;
• drand48_test_output.txt, the output file.

RAND_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRAND to set the seed and RAND to return random integers which can be scaled to real numbers in [0,1].

• rand_test.cpp, the source code;
• rand_test_output.txt, the output file.

RANDOM_TEST shows how to use the standard library routines SRANDOM to set the seed and RANDOM to return random integers which can be scaled to real numbers in [0,1].

• random_test.cpp, the source code;
• random_test_output.txt, the output file.

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Last revised on 15 September 2012.