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%-*-Mode:erlang;coding:utf-8;tab-width:4;c-basic-offset:4;indent-tabs-mode:()-*-
% ex: set ft=erlang fenc=utf-8 sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 et nomod:
%% Modified version of random module
%% to use Wichmann-Hill algorithm published on 2006
%% which succeeds the old AS183 algorithm in 1982.
%% Copyright (c) 2010 Kenji Rikitake All rights reserved.
%% Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Michael Truog All rights reserved.
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
%%
%% http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
%%
%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
%% limitations under the License.
%%
%% %CopyrightEnd%
%%
-module(random_wh06_int).
%% Reasonable random number generator (period is 2.66e36):
%% The method is attributed to B. A. Wichmann and I. D. Hill
%% See "Generating good pseudo-random numbers",
%% Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 51 (2006) 1614-1622.
%% Explanation:
%% Example C code, using 64-bit integer arithmetic
%% (from Richard O'Keefe)
%%
%% a = (a * 11600LL) % 2147483579;
%% b = (b * 47003LL) % 2147483543;
%% c = (c * 23000LL) % 2147483423;
%% d = (d * 33000LL) % 2147483123;
%% w = a/2147483579.0 + b/2147483543.0
%% + c/2147483423.0 + d/2147483123.0;
%% if (w >= 2.0) w -= 2.0;
%% if (w >= 1.0) w -= 1.0;
%% return w;
%%
%% To avoid floating-point precision problems,
%% it is best to use Erlang's native bigint support:
%%
%% B1 = (11600 * A1) rem 2147483579,
%% B2 = (47003 * A2) rem 2147483543,
%% B3 = (23000 * A3) rem 2147483423,
%% B4 = (33000 * A4) rem 2147483123,
%% put(random_wh06_seed, {B1, B2, B3, B4}),
%% I = ((B1 * 9903516371291919229607132747) +
%% (B2 * 9903516537312557910938853791) +
%% (B3 * 9903517090714727049595319831) +
%% (B4 * 9903518474220420479167438931))
%% rem 21267638781707063560975648195455661513,
%%
%% (21267638781707063560975648195455661513 ==
%% 2147483579 * 2147483543 * 2147483423 * 2147483123,
%% so w * 21267638781707063560975648195455661513.0 == I,
%% based on modular arithmetic)
%%
%% The algorithm provides 123 bits of randomness:
%% 1> math:log(21267638781707063560975648195455661513) / math:log(2).
%%
-export([seed0/0, seed/0, seed/1, seed/4,
uniform/0, uniform/1,
uniform_s/1, uniform_s/2,
next_sequence/1]).
-define(PRIME1, 2147483579).
-define(PRIME2, 2147483543).
-define(PRIME3, 2147483423).
-define(PRIME4, 2147483123).
-define(SEED_DICT, random_wh06_seed).
%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------
%% The type of the state
-type seed() :: {pos_integer(), pos_integer(), pos_integer(), pos_integer()}.
%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-spec seed0() -> seed().
seed0() ->
{123456789, 345678901, 567890123, 789012345}.
%% seed()
%% Seed random number generation with default values
-spec seed() -> seed().
seed() ->
reseed(seed0()).
%% seed({A1, A2, A3, A4})
%% Seed random number generation
-spec seed(seed()) ->
'undefined' | seed().
seed({A1, A2, A3, A4}) ->
seed(A1, A2, A3, A4).
%% seed(A1, A2, A3, A4)
%% Seed random number generation
-spec seed(pos_integer(), pos_integer(), pos_integer(), pos_integer()) ->
'undefined' | seed().
seed(A1, A2, A3, A4)
when is_integer(A1), A1 > 0,
is_integer(A2), A2 > 0,
is_integer(A3), A3 > 0,
is_integer(A4), A4 > 0 ->
put(?SEED_DICT,
{(A1 rem (?PRIME1 - 1)) + 1,
(A2 rem (?PRIME2 - 1)) + 1,
(A3 rem (?PRIME3 - 1)) + 1,
(A4 rem (?PRIME4 - 1)) + 1}).
-spec reseed(seed()) ->
seed().
reseed({A1, A2, A3, A4}) ->
case seed(A1, A2, A3, A4) of
undefined -> seed0();
{_,_,_,_} = Tuple -> Tuple
end.
%% uniform()
%% Returns a random integer between
%% 0 and 21267638781707063560975648195455661512.
-spec uniform() -> non_neg_integer().
uniform() ->
{A1, A2, A3, A4} = case get(?SEED_DICT) of
undefined -> seed0();
Tuple -> Tuple
end,
B1 = (11600 * A1) rem ?PRIME1,
B2 = (47003 * A2) rem ?PRIME2,
B3 = (23000 * A3) rem ?PRIME3,
B4 = (33000 * A4) rem ?PRIME4,
put(?SEED_DICT, {B1, B2, B3, B4}),
I = ((B1 * 9903516371291919229607132747) +
(B2 * 9903516537312557910938853791) +
(B3 * 9903517090714727049595319831) +
(B4 * 9903518474220420479167438931))
rem 21267638781707063560975648195455661513,
I.
%% uniform(N) -> I
%% Given an integer N > 1, N =< 21267638781707063560975648195455661513,
%% uniform(N) returns a random integer
%% between 1 and N.
-spec uniform(pos_integer()) -> pos_integer().
uniform(N)
when is_integer(N), N > 1, N =< 21267638781707063560975648195455661513 ->
(uniform() rem N) + 1.
%%% Functional versions
%% uniform_s(State) -> {I, NewState}
%% Returns a random integer I, between
%% 0 and 21267638781707063560975648195455661512 (inclusive).
-spec uniform_s(seed()) -> {non_neg_integer(), seed()}.
uniform_s({A1, A2, A3, A4})
when is_integer(A1), A1 > 0,
is_integer(A2), A2 > 0,
is_integer(A3), A3 > 0,
is_integer(A4), A4 > 0 ->
B1 = (11600 * A1) rem ?PRIME1,
B2 = (47003 * A2) rem ?PRIME2,
B3 = (23000 * A3) rem ?PRIME3,
B4 = (33000 * A4) rem ?PRIME4,
I = ((B1 * 9903516371291919229607132747) +
(B2 * 9903516537312557910938853791) +
(B3 * 9903517090714727049595319831) +
(B4 * 9903518474220420479167438931))
rem 21267638781707063560975648195455661513,
{I, {B1, B2, B3, B4}}.
%% uniform_s(N, State) -> {I, NewState}
%% Given an integer N > 1, N =< 21267638781707063560975648195455661513,
%% uniform(N) returns a random integer
%% between 1 and N.
-spec uniform_s(pos_integer(), seed()) -> {pos_integer(), seed()}.
uniform_s(N, State0)
when is_integer(N), N > 1, N =< 21267638781707063560975648195455661513 ->
{I, State1} = uniform_s(State0),
{(I rem N) + 1, State1}.
%% generating another seed for multiple sequences
-spec next_sequence(seed()) -> seed().
next_sequence({A1, A2, A3, A4})
when is_integer(A1), A1 > 0,
is_integer(A2), A2 > 0,
is_integer(A3), A3 > 0,
is_integer(A4), A4 > 0 ->
B1 = (11600 * A1) rem ?PRIME1,
B2 = (47003 * A2) rem ?PRIME2,
B3 = (23000 * A3) rem ?PRIME3,
B4 = (33000 * A4) rem ?PRIME4,
{B1, B2, B3, B4}.