One of the initialization functions nag_rand_init_repeat (g05kf) (for a repeatable sequence if computed sequentially) or nag_rand_init_nonrepeat (g05kg) (for a non-repeatable sequence) must be called prior to the first call to nag_rand_dist_uniform (g05sq).

References

Knuth D E (1981) The Art of Computer Programming (Volume 2) (2nd Edition) Addison–Wesley

Parameters

Compulsory Input Parameters

1: $n$ – int64int32nag_int scalar: $n$ , the number of pseudorandom numbers to be generated.

Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .
2: $a$ – double scalar
3: $b$ – double scalar: The end points $a$ and $b$ of the uniform distribution.

Constraint: $a \leq b$ .
4: $state (:)$ – int64int32nag_int array: Note: the actual argument supplied must be the array state supplied to the initialization routines nag_rand_init_repeat (g05kf) or nag_rand_init_nonrepeat (g05kg).

Contains information on the selected base generator and its current state.

Optional Input Parameters

None.

Output Parameters

1: $state (:)$ – int64int32nag_int array: Contains updated information on the state of the generator.
2: $x (n)$ – double array: The $n$ pseudorandom numbers from the specified uniform distribution.
3: $ifail$ – int64int32nag_int scalar: $ifail = 0$ unless the function detects an error (see Error Indicators and Warnings).

Error Indicators and Warnings

Errors or warnings detected by the function:

$ifail = 1$: Constraint: $n \geq 0$ .

$ifail = 3$: Constraint: $b \geq a$ .

$ifail = 4$: On entry, state vector has been corrupted or not initialized.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.

Accuracy

Not applicable.

Further Comments

Although

y_{i}

takes a value from the half closed interval

(0, 1]

and

x_{i} = a + (b - a) y_{i}

x_{i}

is documented as taking values from the closed interval

[a, b]

. This is because for some values of

a

and

b

, nag_rand_dist_uniform (g05sq) may return a value of

a

due to numerical rounding.

Example

This example prints five pseudorandom numbers from a uniform distribution between

- 1.0

and

1.0

, generated by a single call to nag_rand_dist_uniform (g05sq), after initialization by nag_rand_init_repeat (g05kf).

Open in the MATLAB editor: g05sq_example

function g05sq_example


fprintf('g05sq example results\n\n');

% Initialize the base generator to a repeatable sequence
seed  = [int64(1762543)];
genid = int64(1);
subid = int64(1);
[state, ifail] = g05kf( ...
                        genid, subid, seed);

% Number of variates
n = int64(5);

% Parameters
a = -1;
b = 1;

% Generate variates from a Uniform (a,b) distribution
[state, x, ifail] = g05sq( ...
                           n, a, b, state);

disp('Variates');
disp(x);

g05sq example results

Variates
    0.2727
   -0.7870
    0.4921
    0.5965
   -0.7908

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