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Class template mixmax_engine

boost::random::mixmax_engine

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/random/mixmax.hpp>

template<int Ndim, unsigned int SPECIALMUL, boost::int64_t SPECIAL> 
class mixmax_engine {
public:
  // types
  typedef boost::uint64_t result_type;

  // member classes/structs/unions

  struct rng_state_st {

    // public data members
    boost::array< boost::uint64_t, Ndim > V;
    boost::uint64_t sumtot;
    int counter;
  };

  // construct/copy/destruct
  explicit mixmax_engine();
  explicit mixmax_engine(boost::uint64_t);
  explicit mixmax_engine(uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t);
  template<typename It> mixmax_engine(It &, It);
  template<typename SeedSeq> explicit mixmax_engine(SeedSeq &);

  // public member functions
  BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR result_type min();
  BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR result_type max();
  void seed(boost::uint64_t = default_seed);
  template<typename It> void seed(It &, It);
  template<typename SeeqSeq> void seed(SeeqSeq &);
  boost::uint64_t operator()();
  template<typename Iter> void generate(Iter, Iter);
  void discard(boost::uint64_t);

  // friend functions
  template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
    friend std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & 
    operator<<(std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > &, const mixmax_engine &);
  template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
    friend std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & 
    operator>>(std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > &, mixmax_engine &);

  // private member functions
  boost::uint64_t MOD_MERSENNE(boost::uint64_t);
  boost::uint64_t MULWU(boost::uint64_t);
  void seed_vielbein(rng_state_t *, unsigned int);
  void seed_uniquestream(rng_state_t *, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t, 
                         uint32_t);
  boost::uint64_t iterate_raw_vec(boost::uint64_t *, boost::uint64_t);
  boost::uint64_t 
  apply_bigskip(boost::uint64_t *, boost::uint64_t *, uint32_t, uint32_t, 
                uint32_t, uint32_t);
  boost::uint64_t modadd(boost::uint64_t, boost::uint64_t);
  boost::uint64_t 
  fmodmulM61(boost::uint64_t, boost::uint64_t, boost::uint64_t);

  // public data members
  static const boost::uint64_t mixmax_min;
  static const boost::uint64_t mixmax_max;
  static const bool has_fixed_range;
  static const int N;  // The main internal parameter, size of the defining MIXMAX matrix. 
};

Description

Instantiations of class template mixmax_engine model, pseudo-random number generator . It uses the MIXMAX generator algorithms from:

G.K.Savvidy and N.G.Ter-Arutyunian, On the Monte Carlo simulation of physical systems, J.Comput.Phys. 97, 566 (1991); Preprint EPI-865-16-86, Yerevan, Jan. 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(91)90015-D

K.Savvidy The MIXMAX random number generator Comp. Phys. Commun. 196 (2015), pp 161–165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2015.06.003

K.Savvidy and G.Savvidy Spectrum and Entropy of C-systems. MIXMAX random number generator Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Volume 91, (2016) pp. 33–38 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2016.05.003

The generator crucially depends on the choice of the parameters. The valid sets of parameters are from the published papers above.

mixmax_engine public construct/copy/destruct

  1. explicit mixmax_engine();
    Constructor, unit vector as initial state, acted on by A^2^512.
  2. explicit mixmax_engine(boost::uint64_t);
    Constructor, one 64-bit seed.

    < constructor, one uint64_t seed, random numbers are statistically independent from any two distinct seeds, e.g. consecutive seeds are ok

  3. explicit mixmax_engine(uint32_t clusterID, uint32_t machineID, uint32_t runID, 
                           uint32_t streamID);
    Constructor, four 32-bit seeds for 128-bit seeding flexibility.
  4. template<typename It> mixmax_engine(It & first, It last);
  5. template<typename SeedSeq> explicit mixmax_engine(SeedSeq & seq);

mixmax_engine public member functions

  1. BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR result_type min();
  2. BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR result_type max();
  3. void seed(boost::uint64_t seedval = default_seed);
    seed with one 64-bit seed
  4. template<typename It> void seed(It & first, It last);

    Sets the state of the generator using values from an iterator range.

  5. template<typename SeeqSeq> void seed(SeeqSeq & seq);

    Sets the state of the generator using values from a seed_seq.

  6. boost::uint64_t operator()();

    return one uint64 between min=0 and max=2^61-1

  7. template<typename Iter> void generate(Iter first, Iter last);

    Fills a range with random values

  8. void discard(boost::uint64_t nsteps);
    discard n steps, required in boost::random

mixmax_engine friend functions

  1. template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
      friend std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & 
      operator<<(std::basic_ostream< CharT, Traits > & ost, 
                 const mixmax_engine & me);

    save the state of the RNG to a stream

  2. template<typename CharT, typename Traits> 
      friend std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & 
      operator>>(std::basic_istream< CharT, Traits > & in, mixmax_engine & me);

    read the state of the RNG from a stream

mixmax_engine private member functions

  1. boost::uint64_t MOD_MERSENNE(boost::uint64_t k);
  2. boost::uint64_t MULWU(boost::uint64_t k);
  3. void seed_vielbein(rng_state_t * X, unsigned int i);
  4. void seed_uniquestream(rng_state_t * Xin, uint32_t clusterID, 
                           uint32_t machineID, uint32_t runID, uint32_t streamID);
  5. boost::uint64_t 
    iterate_raw_vec(boost::uint64_t * Y, boost::uint64_t sumtotOld);
  6. boost::uint64_t 
    apply_bigskip(boost::uint64_t * Vout, boost::uint64_t * Vin, 
                  uint32_t clusterID, uint32_t machineID, uint32_t runID, 
                  uint32_t streamID);
  7. boost::uint64_t modadd(boost::uint64_t foo, boost::uint64_t bar);
  8. boost::uint64_t 
    fmodmulM61(boost::uint64_t cum, boost::uint64_t s, boost::uint64_t a);

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