org.jaga.definitions
Interface RandomGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultRandomGenerator

public interface RandomGenerator

Basis for all Random Number Generators to be used in JAGA. JAGA uses an RNG specified in parameters rather the a system RNG. This allowes to reproduce results by specifying a predictable RNG (e.g. by using the same seed for the Java-RNG).

Project: JAGA - Java API for Genetic Algorithms.

Company: University College London and JAGA.Org (http://www.jaga.org).

Copyright: (c) 2004 by G. Paperin.
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Version:

JAGA public release 1.0 beta

Author:

Greg Paperin (greg@jaga.org)

Method Summary

boolean	nextBoolean()
byte	nextByte()
byte	nextByte(byte minInclusive, byte maxExclusive)
double	nextDouble()
double	nextDouble(double minInclusive, double maxExclusive)
float	nextFloat()
float	nextFloat(float minInclusive, float maxExclusive)
double	nextGaussian()
double	nextGaussian(double mean, double stdDev)
int	nextInt()
int	nextInt(int minInclusive, int maxExclusive)
long	nextLong()
long	nextLong(long minInclusive, long maxExclusive)
void	setSeed(long seed)

Method Detail

setSeed

void setSeed(long seed)

nextBoolean

boolean nextBoolean()

nextByte

byte nextByte()

nextByte

byte nextByte(byte minInclusive,
              byte maxExclusive)

nextInt

int nextInt()

nextInt

int nextInt(int minInclusive,
            int maxExclusive)

nextLong

long nextLong()

nextLong

long nextLong(long minInclusive,
              long maxExclusive)

nextFloat

float nextFloat()

nextFloat

float nextFloat(float minInclusive,
                float maxExclusive)

nextDouble

double nextDouble()

nextDouble

double nextDouble(double minInclusive,
                  double maxExclusive)

nextGaussian

double nextGaussian()

nextGaussian

double nextGaussian(double mean,
                    double stdDev)