给定一个函数,它产生的是1到5之间的随机整数,写一个函数,它产生的是1到7之间的随机整数。
当前回答
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
class Integer
def rand7
rand(6)+1
end
end
def rand5
rand(4)+1
end
x = rand5() # x => int between 1 and 5
y = x.rand7() # y => int between 1 and 7
..尽管这可能被认为是作弊。
其他回答
rand7() = (rand5()+rand5()+rand5()+rand5()+rand5()+rand5()+rand5())%7+1
编辑:这并不奏效。误差约为千分之二(假设是完美的rand5)。桶得到:
value Count Error%
1 11158 -0.0035
2 11144 -0.0214
3 11144 -0.0214
4 11158 -0.0035
5 11172 +0.0144
6 11177 +0.0208
7 11172 +0.0144
通过转换到的和
n Error%
10 +/- 1e-3,
12 +/- 1e-4,
14 +/- 1e-5,
16 +/- 1e-6,
...
28 +/- 3e-11
似乎每增加2就增加一个数量级
BTW:上面的误差表不是通过采样产生的,而是通过以下递归关系产生的:
P [x,n]是给定n次调用rand5,输出=x可能发生的次数。
p[1,1] ... p[5,1] = 1
p[6,1] ... p[7,1] = 0
p[1,n] = p[7,n-1] + p[6,n-1] + p[5,n-1] + p[4,n-1] + p[3,n-1]
p[2,n] = p[1,n-1] + p[7,n-1] + p[6,n-1] + p[5,n-1] + p[4,n-1]
p[3,n] = p[2,n-1] + p[1,n-1] + p[7,n-1] + p[6,n-1] + p[5,n-1]
p[4,n] = p[3,n-1] + p[2,n-1] + p[1,n-1] + p[7,n-1] + p[6,n-1]
p[5,n] = p[4,n-1] + p[3,n-1] + p[2,n-1] + p[1,n-1] + p[7,n-1]
p[6,n] = p[5,n-1] + p[4,n-1] + p[3,n-1] + p[2,n-1] + p[1,n-1]
p[7,n] = p[6,n-1] + p[5,n-1] + p[4,n-1] + p[3,n-1] + p[2,n-1]
给定一个生成1到5rand5()范围内随机整数的函数,编写一个生成1到7rand7()范围内随机整数的函数
在我建议的解决方案中,我只调用rand5一次
真正的解决方案
float rand7()
{
return (rand5() * 7.0) / 5.0 ;
}
这里的分布是缩放的,所以它直接取决于rand5的分布
整数解
int rand7()
{
static int prev = 1;
int cur = rand5();
int r = cur * prev; // 1-25
float f = r / 4.0; // 0.25-6.25
f = f - 0.25; // 0-6
f = f + 1.0; // 1-7
prev = cur;
return (int)f;
}
这里的分布取决于rand7(i) ~ rand5(i) * rand5(i-1)
rand7(0) ~ rand5(0) * 1
只要没有剩下7种可能性,就再画一个随机数,将可能性数乘以5。在Perl中:
$num = 0;
$possibilities = 1;
sub rand7
{
while( $possibilities < 7 )
{
$num = $num * 5 + int(rand(5));
$possibilities *= 5;
}
my $result = $num % 7;
$num = int( $num / 7 );
$possibilities /= 7;
return $result;
}
Here's a solution that fits entirely within integers and is within about 4% of optimal (i.e. uses 1.26 random numbers in {0..4} for every one in {0..6}). The code's in Scala, but the math should be reasonably clear in any language: you take advantage of the fact that 7^9 + 7^8 is very close to 5^11. So you pick an 11 digit number in base 5, and then interpret it as a 9 digit number in base 7 if it's in range (giving 9 base 7 numbers), or as an 8 digit number if it's over the 9 digit number, etc.:
abstract class RNG {
def apply(): Int
}
class Random5 extends RNG {
val rng = new scala.util.Random
var count = 0
def apply() = { count += 1 ; rng.nextInt(5) }
}
class FiveSevener(five: RNG) {
val sevens = new Array[Int](9)
var nsevens = 0
val to9 = 40353607;
val to8 = 5764801;
val to7 = 823543;
def loadSevens(value: Int, count: Int) {
nsevens = 0;
var remaining = value;
while (nsevens < count) {
sevens(nsevens) = remaining % 7
remaining /= 7
nsevens += 1
}
}
def loadSevens {
var fivepow11 = 0;
var i=0
while (i<11) { i+=1 ; fivepow11 = five() + fivepow11*5 }
if (fivepow11 < to9) { loadSevens(fivepow11 , 9) ; return }
fivepow11 -= to9
if (fivepow11 < to8) { loadSevens(fivepow11 , 8) ; return }
fivepow11 -= to8
if (fivepow11 < 3*to7) loadSevens(fivepow11 % to7 , 7)
else loadSevens
}
def apply() = {
if (nsevens==0) loadSevens
nsevens -= 1
sevens(nsevens)
}
}
如果你将一个测试粘贴到解释器中(实际上是REPL),你会得到:
scala> val five = new Random5
five: Random5 = Random5@e9c592
scala> val seven = new FiveSevener(five)
seven: FiveSevener = FiveSevener@143c423
scala> val counts = new Array[Int](7)
counts: Array[Int] = Array(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
scala> var i=0 ; while (i < 100000000) { counts( seven() ) += 1 ; i += 1 }
i: Int = 100000000
scala> counts
res0: Array[Int] = Array(14280662, 14293012, 14281286, 14284836, 14287188,
14289332, 14283684)
scala> five.count
res1: Int = 125902876
分布很好,很平坦(在每个箱子中,10^8的1/7大约在10k范围内,就像预期的近似高斯分布一样)。
简单的解决方案已经被很好地覆盖了:为一个random7结果取两个random5样本,如果结果超出了产生均匀分布的范围,就重新做一次。如果你的目标是减少对random5的调用次数,这是非常浪费的——对于每个random7输出,对random5的平均调用次数是2.38,而不是2,这是由于丢弃样本的数量。
你可以通过使用更多的random5输入一次生成多个random7输出来做得更好。对于使用31位整数计算的结果,最优结果是使用12次调用random5生成9个random7输出,平均每个输出调用1.34次。它是高效的,因为244140625个结果中只有2018983个需要废弃,或者不到1%。
Python演示:
def random5():
return random.randint(1, 5)
def random7gen(n):
count = 0
while n > 0:
samples = 6 * 7**9
while samples >= 6 * 7**9:
samples = 0
for i in range(12):
samples = samples * 5 + random5() - 1
count += 1
samples //= 6
for outputs in range(9):
yield samples % 7 + 1, count
samples //= 7
count = 0
n -= 1
if n == 0: break
>>> from collections import Counter
>>> Counter(x for x,i in random7gen(10000000))
Counter({2: 1430293, 4: 1429298, 1: 1428832, 7: 1428571, 3: 1428204, 5: 1428134, 6: 1426668})
>>> sum(i for x,i in random7gen(10000000)) / 10000000.0
1.344606