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- /* randist/flat.c
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 James Theiler, Brian Gough
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
- * your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
- #include <config.h>
- #include <math.h>
- #include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>
- #include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>
-
- /* This is the uniform distribution in the range [a, b)
-
- p(x) dx = 1/(b-a) dx if a <= x < b
- ..... = 0 otherwise
-
- */
-
- double
- gsl_ran_flat (const gsl_rng * r, const double a, const double b)
- {
- double u = gsl_rng_uniform (r);
-
- /* A uniform distribution over [a,b] */
-
- return a * (1 - u) + b * u;
- }
-
- double
- gsl_ran_flat_pdf (double x, const double a, const double b)
- {
- if (x < b && x >= a)
- {
- return 1 / (b - a);
- }
- else
- {
- return 0;
- }
- }
-