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/*  NOMAD - Nonsmooth Optimization by Mesh Adaptive Direct search - version 3.6.1        */
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/*  Copyright (C) 2001-2010  Mark Abramson        - the Boeing Company, Seattle        */
/*                           Charles Audet        - Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal      */
/*                           Gilles Couture       - Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal      */
/*                           John Dennis          - Rice University, Houston           */
/*                           Sebastien Le Digabel - Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal      */
/*                           Christophe Tribes    - Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal      */
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/**
 \file   RNG.hpp
 \brief  Custom class for random number generator
 \author Christophe Tribes and Sebastien Le Digabel 
 \date   2011-09-28
 \see    RNG.cpp
 */

#ifndef __RNG__
#define __RNG__

#include "defines.hpp"

using namespace std;

namespace NOMAD {

	
	/// Class for random number generator 
	/**
		This class is used to set a seed for the random number generator and
	    get a random integer or a random double between two values.
	 */
	class RNG {
		
	public:

		/// Set seed
		/*
		 /param s The seed -- \b IN.
		 /return A boolean if the seed is acceptable, that is in [0,UINT32_MAX].
		 */
		static bool set_seed(unsigned long s);
		
		/// Get a random integer as uint32
		/** This function serves to obtain a random number \c 
		 /return An integer in the interval [0,UINT32_MAX].
		 */
		static uint32_t rand();
		
		/// Get a random number as double
		/*
			/param a Lower bound  -- \b IN.
			/param b Upper bound  -- \b IN.
		    /return A double in the interval [a,b].
		 */		
		static double rand(double a, double b){return a+((b-a)*NOMAD::RNG::rand())/UINT32_MAX;}
		
	private:
		static uint32_t x,y,z;  ///< Default parameter value for the random seed generator.
	};
}

#endif
