random.hh

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#pragma once

#include <iterator>
#include <random>

#include <vcsn/misc/export.hh>

namespace vcsn LIBVCSN_API
{
  std::mt19937& make_random_engine();

  template <typename RandomGenerator = std::default_random_engine>
  static bool choose_map(const std::vector<float>& map,
                         RandomGenerator& gen = RandomGenerator())
  {
    float sum = std::accumulate(map.begin(), map.end(), 0.0);
    auto dis = std::bernoulli_distribution(sum);
    return dis(gen);
  }

  template <typename RandomGenerator>
  struct discrete_chooser
  {
    discrete_chooser(RandomGenerator& g)
      : gen_(g)
    {}

    template <typename Container_w, typename Container>
    typename Container::iterator
    select(Container_w weight, Container cont) const
    {
      auto dis = std::discrete_distribution<>(weight.begin(), weight.end());
      auto res = std::next(cont.begin(), dis(gen_));
      return res;
    }

    template <typename Container_w, typename Container>
    typename Container::iterator
    operator()(Container_w weight, Container cont) const
    {
      return select(weight, cont);
    }

  private:
    RandomGenerator& gen_;
  };

  template <typename RandomGenerator>
  struct random_selector
  {
    random_selector(RandomGenerator& g)
      : gen_(g)
    {}

    template <typename Iter>
    Iter select(Iter start, Iter end)
    {
      auto dis
        = std::uniform_int_distribution<>(0, std::distance(start, end) - 1);
      std::advance(start, dis(gen_));
      return start;
    }

    template <typename Iter>
    Iter operator()(Iter start, Iter end)
    {
      return select(start, end);
    }

    template <typename Container>
    auto operator()(const Container& c) -> decltype(*std::begin(c))
    {
      return *select(std::begin(c), std::end(c));
    }

    template <typename Container>
    auto pop(Container& c) -> typename Container::value_type
    {
      auto i = select(std::begin(c), std::end(c));
      auto res = *i;
      c.erase(i);
      return res;
    }

  private:
    RandomGenerator& gen_;
  };

  template <typename RandomGenerator>
  random_selector<RandomGenerator>
  make_random_selector(RandomGenerator& g)
  {
    return g;
  }
}