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
因为1/7是一个以5为底的无限小数,所以没有(完全正确的)解可以在常数时间内运行。一个简单的解决方案是使用拒绝抽样,例如:
int i;
do
{
i = 5 * (rand5() - 1) + rand5(); // i is now uniformly random between 1 and 25
} while(i > 21);
// i is now uniformly random between 1 and 21
return i % 7 + 1; // result is now uniformly random between 1 and 7
这个循环的预期运行时间为25/21 = 1.19次迭代,但是永远循环的概率非常小。
其他回答
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)。
这个怎么样
rand5 () % + rand5 (2) + 2 (2) % + rand5 rand5 () (2) % + rand5 % + rand5 (2) 2
不确定这是均匀分布的。有什么建议吗?
extern int r5();
int r7() {
return ((r5() & 0x01) << 2 ) | ((r5() & 0x01) << 1 ) | (r5() & 0x01);
}
这相当于Adam Rosenfield的解决方案,但对一些读者来说可能更清楚一些。它假设rand5()是一个函数,返回1到5范围内的统计随机整数。
int rand7()
{
int vals[5][5] = {
{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 },
{ 6, 7, 1, 2, 3 },
{ 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 },
{ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 },
{ 7, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
};
int result = 0;
while (result == 0)
{
int i = rand5();
int j = rand5();
result = vals[i-1][j-1];
}
return result;
}
How does it work? Think of it like this: imagine printing out this double-dimension array on paper, tacking it up to a dart board and randomly throwing darts at it. If you hit a non-zero value, it's a statistically random value between 1 and 7, since there are an equal number of non-zero values to choose from. If you hit a zero, just keep throwing the dart until you hit a non-zero. That's what this code is doing: the i and j indexes randomly select a location on the dart board, and if we don't get a good result, we keep throwing darts.
就像亚当说的,在最坏的情况下,它可以一直运行下去,但从统计上看,最坏的情况永远不会发生。:)
这里允许作业题吗?
这个函数进行粗略的“以5为基数”的数学运算,生成0到6之间的数字。
function rnd7() {
do {
r1 = rnd5() - 1;
do {
r2=rnd5() - 1;
} while (r2 > 1);
result = r2 * 5 + r1;
} while (result > 6);
return result + 1;
}