vRngGamma
vRngGamma
Generates gamma distributed random values.
Syntax
status
=
vsRngGamma
(
method
,
stream
,
n
,
r
,
alpha
,
a
,
beta
);
status
=
vdRngGamma
(
method
,
stream
,
n
,
r
,
alpha
,
a
,
beta
);
Include Files
- mkl.h
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
method | const MKL_INT | Generation method. The specific values are as follows:
Acceptance/rejection method using random numbers with Gaussian distribution. See brief description of the method GNORM in Table "Values of < in method >method parameter" |
stream | VSLStreamStatePtr | Pointer to the stream state structure |
n | const MKL_INT | Number of random values to be generated |
alpha | const float for
vsRngGamma const double for vdRngGamma | Shape α . |
a | const float for vsRngGamma const double for vdRngGamma | Displacement a . |
beta | const float for vsRngGamma const double for vdRngGamma | Scalefactor β . |
Output Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
r | float* for vsRngGamma double* for vdRngGamma | Vector of n random numbers with gamma distribution |
Description
The .
vRngGamma
function generates random numbers with gamma distribution that has shape parameter α
, displacement a
, and scale parameter β
, where α
, β
, and a
∈
R
; α
> 0, β
> 0The probability density function is given by:

where
Γ
(α
) is the complete gamma function.The cumulative distribution function is as follows:

Optimization Notice
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Notice revision #20110804
|
This notice covers the following instruction sets: SSE2, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512.
Return Values
- VSL_ERROR_OK, VSL_STATUS_OK
- Indicates no error, execution is successful.
- VSL_ERROR_NULL_PTR
- streamis aNULLpointer.
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_STREAM
- streamis not a valid random stream.
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_UPDATE
- Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns an invalid number of updated entries in a buffer, that is,< 0or>.nmax
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_NO_NUMBERS
- Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns 0 as the number of updated entries in a buffer.
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_QRNG_PERIOD_ELAPSED
- Period of the generator has been exceeded.
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_NONDETERM_NRETRIES_EXCEEDED
- Number of retries to generate a random number by using non-deterministic random number generator exceeds threshold.
- VSL_RNG_ERROR_ARS5_NOT_SUPPORTED
- ARS-5 random number generator is not supported on the CPU running the application.