random_numbers.cpp

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/* Author: Ioan Sucan */

#include "random_numbers/random_numbers.h"

#include <boost/random/lagged_fibonacci.hpp>
#include <boost/random/uniform_int.hpp>
#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include <boost/math/constants/constants.hpp>
#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>

static boost::uint32_t first_seed_ = 0;

static boost::uint32_t firstSeed(void)
{
  boost::scoped_ptr<int> mem(new int());
  first_seed_ = (boost::uint32_t)((boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::universal_time() -
                            boost::posix_time::ptime(boost::date_time::min_date_time)).total_microseconds() +
                           (unsigned long long)(mem.get()));
  return first_seed_;
}

static boost::uint32_t nextSeed(void)
{
  static boost::mutex rngMutex;
  boost::mutex::scoped_lock slock(rngMutex);
  static boost::lagged_fibonacci607 sGen(firstSeed());
  static boost::uniform_int<>       sDist(1, 1000000000);
  static boost::variate_generator<boost::lagged_fibonacci607&, boost::uniform_int<> > s(sGen, sDist);
  boost::uint32_t v = s();
  return v;
}


random_numbers::RandomNumberGenerator::RandomNumberGenerator(void) : generator_(nextSeed()),
                                                                     uniDist_(0, 1),  
                                                                     normalDist_(0, 1),
                                                                     uni_(generator_, uniDist_),
                                                                     normal_(generator_, normalDist_)
{
}

random_numbers::RandomNumberGenerator::RandomNumberGenerator(boost::uint32_t seed)
                                                                   : generator_(seed),
                                                                     uniDist_(0, 1),
                                                                     normalDist_(0, 1),
                                                                     uni_(generator_, uniDist_),
                                                                     normal_(generator_, normalDist_)
{
  // Because we manually specified a seed, we need to save it ourselves
  first_seed_ = seed;
}

// From: "Uniform Random Rotations", Ken Shoemake, Graphics Gems III,
//       pg. 124-132
void random_numbers::RandomNumberGenerator::quaternion(double value[4])
{
  double x0 = uni_();
  double r1 = sqrt(1.0 - x0), r2 = sqrt(x0);
  double t1 = 2.0 * boost::math::constants::pi<double>() * uni_(), t2 = 2.0 * boost::math::constants::pi<double>() * uni_();
  double c1 = cos(t1), s1 = sin(t1);
  double c2 = cos(t2), s2 = sin(t2);
  value[0] = s1 * r1;
  value[1] = c1 * r1;
  value[2] = s2 * r2;
  value[3] = c2 * r2;
}

boost::uint32_t random_numbers::RandomNumberGenerator::getFirstSeed()
{
  return first_seed_;
}