ompl::RNG Class Reference

Random number generation. An instance of this class cannot be used by multiple threads at once (member functions are not const). However, the constructor is thread safe and different instances can be used safely in any number of threads. It is also guaranteed that all created instances will have a different random seed. More...

#include <RandomNumbers.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

double gaussian (double mean, double stddev)
 Generate a random real using a normal distribution with given mean and variance.
double gaussian01 (void)
 Generate a random real using a normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 1.
int halfNormalInt (int r_min, int r_max, double focus=3.0)
 Generate a random integer using a half-normal distribution. The value is within specified bounds ([r_min, r_max]), but with a bias towards r_max. The function is implemented on top of halfNormalReal().
double halfNormalReal (double r_min, double r_max, double focus=3.0)
 Generate a random real using a half-normal distribution. The value is within specified bounds [r_min, r_max], but with a bias towards r_max. The function is implemended using a Gaussian distribution with mean at r_max - r_min. The distribution is 'folded' around r_max axis towards r_min. The variance of the distribution is (r_max - r_min) / focus. The higher the focus, the more probable it is that generated numbers are close to r_max.
void quaternion (double value[4])
 Uniform random unit quaternion sampling. The returned value has the order (x,y,z,w).
 RNG (void)
 Constructor. Always sets a different random seed.
double uniform01 (void)
 Generate a random real between 0 and 1.
bool uniformBool (void)
 Generate a random boolean.
int uniformInt (int lower_bound, int upper_bound)
 Generate a random integer within given bounds: [lower_bound, upper_bound].
double uniformReal (double lower_bound, double upper_bound)
 Generate a random real within given bounds: [lower_bound, upper_bound).

Static Public Member Functions

static boost::uint32_t getSeed (void)
 Get the seed used for random number generation. Passing the returned value to setSeed() at a subsequent execution of the code will ensure deterministic (repeatable) behaviour. Useful for debugging.
static void setSeed (boost::uint32_t seed)
 Set the seed for random number generation. Use this function to ensure the same sequence of random numbers is generated.

Private Attributes

boost::mt19937 generator_
boost::variate_generator
< boost::mt19937
&, boost::normal_distribution<> > 
normal_
boost::normal_distribution normalDist_
boost::variate_generator
< boost::mt19937
&, boost::uniform_real<> > 
uni_
boost::uniform_real uniDist_

Detailed Description

Random number generation. An instance of this class cannot be used by multiple threads at once (member functions are not const). However, the constructor is thread safe and different instances can be used safely in any number of threads. It is also guaranteed that all created instances will have a different random seed.

Definition at line 54 of file RandomNumbers.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ompl::RNG::RNG ( void   ) 

Constructor. Always sets a different random seed.


Member Function Documentation

double ompl::RNG::gaussian ( double  mean,
double  stddev 
) [inline]

Generate a random real using a normal distribution with given mean and variance.

Definition at line 94 of file RandomNumbers.h.

double ompl::RNG::gaussian01 ( void   )  [inline]

Generate a random real using a normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 1.

Definition at line 88 of file RandomNumbers.h.

static boost::uint32_t ompl::RNG::getSeed ( void   )  [static]

Get the seed used for random number generation. Passing the returned value to setSeed() at a subsequent execution of the code will ensure deterministic (repeatable) behaviour. Useful for debugging.

int ompl::RNG::halfNormalInt ( int  r_min,
int  r_max,
double  focus = 3.0 
)

Generate a random integer using a half-normal distribution. The value is within specified bounds ([r_min, r_max]), but with a bias towards r_max. The function is implemented on top of halfNormalReal().

double ompl::RNG::halfNormalReal ( double  r_min,
double  r_max,
double  focus = 3.0 
)

Generate a random real using a half-normal distribution. The value is within specified bounds [r_min, r_max], but with a bias towards r_max. The function is implemended using a Gaussian distribution with mean at r_max - r_min. The distribution is 'folded' around r_max axis towards r_min. The variance of the distribution is (r_max - r_min) / focus. The higher the focus, the more probable it is that generated numbers are close to r_max.

void ompl::RNG::quaternion ( double  value[4]  ) 

Uniform random unit quaternion sampling. The returned value has the order (x,y,z,w).

static void ompl::RNG::setSeed ( boost::uint32_t  seed  )  [static]

Set the seed for random number generation. Use this function to ensure the same sequence of random numbers is generated.

double ompl::RNG::uniform01 ( void   )  [inline]

Generate a random real between 0 and 1.

Definition at line 62 of file RandomNumbers.h.

bool ompl::RNG::uniformBool ( void   )  [inline]

Generate a random boolean.

Definition at line 82 of file RandomNumbers.h.

int ompl::RNG::uniformInt ( int  lower_bound,
int  upper_bound 
) [inline]

Generate a random integer within given bounds: [lower_bound, upper_bound].

Definition at line 75 of file RandomNumbers.h.

double ompl::RNG::uniformReal ( double  lower_bound,
double  upper_bound 
) [inline]

Generate a random real within given bounds: [lower_bound, upper_bound).

Definition at line 68 of file RandomNumbers.h.


Member Data Documentation

boost::mt19937 ompl::RNG::generator_ [private]

Definition at line 127 of file RandomNumbers.h.

boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937&, boost::normal_distribution<> > ompl::RNG::normal_ [private]

Definition at line 131 of file RandomNumbers.h.

boost::normal_distribution ompl::RNG::normalDist_ [private]

Definition at line 129 of file RandomNumbers.h.

boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937&, boost::uniform_real<> > ompl::RNG::uni_ [private]

Definition at line 130 of file RandomNumbers.h.

boost::uniform_real ompl::RNG::uniDist_ [private]

Definition at line 128 of file RandomNumbers.h.


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Author(s): Ioan Sucan/isucan@rice.edu, Mark Moll/mmoll@rice.edu, Lydia Kavraki/kavraki@rice.edu
autogenerated on Fri Jan 11 11:37:45 2013