random-tools

0.0.5 • Public • Published

random-tools

random utils in JS


Sample

Installation

git clone git://github.com/shinout/browser.git

OR

npm install random-tools

Usage

get random int

var randomInt = require('random-tools').randomInt;
var a = randomInt(3); // one of [0, 1, 2, 3] in the same probability
var a = randomInt(3, 1); // one of [1, 2, 3] in the same probability
var a = randomInt(100, 96); // one of [96, 97, 98, 99, 100] in the same probability

get random number from a normal distribution

var normalRandom = require('random-tools').normalRandom;
var a = normalRandom(50, 10); // get a random number from N(50, 10)

weighted selection

var WeightedSelection = require("random-tools").WeightedSelection;

// set hash table of choices
var sel = new WeightedSelection({
  "hoge" : 1,
  "fuga" : 5,
  "piyo" : 2,
  "poge" : 0
});

// get one of the given keys
var a = sel.random(); // one of "hoge", "fuga", "piyo"

/**
 * the probability to get "hoge" = 1 / (1 + 5 + 2) = 1/8
 *                        "fuga" = 5 / (1 + 5 + 2) = 5/8
 *                        "piyo" = 2 / (1 + 5 + 2) = 2/8
 *                        "poge" = 0 / (1 + 5 + 2) = 0/8 = 0
 */

// get the number of valid keys
var len = sel.length; // 3. "poge" is not counted.

// get total number of cases
var total = sel.total; // 8.  = 1 + 5 + 2 + 0

XORShift

var XORShift = require('random-tools').XORShift;

// 1st arg: seed, 
// 2nd arg: normalize to uniform distribution of [0, 1)
var random = XORShift(new Date().getTime(), true);
var a = random(); // get a random number from uniform distribution [0, 1)

use XORShift internally for each random method

var a = randomInt(3, 0, "xorshift"); // one of [0, 1, 2, 3] using XORShift algorithm
var b = normalRandom(40, 10, "xorshift"); // N(40, 10) using XORShift algorithm
var c = new WeightedSelection({a: 1, b: 3}, "xorshift"); // using XORShift algorithm

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