You're right, thanks On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 4:07 PM, deeepanshu shukla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > see Random[0,1] gives o with probability 1/2 and 1 with prob. 1/2 so when > u generate t=lg(b-a+1) bits by calling it gives any number between 0 and > 2^t-1 = (b-a) with probability > 1/2^t = 1/(b-a) .........this is a normal distribution , > adding a to it u obtain normal distribution for [a,b] ....... > > when b-a+1 is not a integer u nedd to do more ......... > first generate t bits using t calls to RAndom(0,1) then divide it by > number containg all t is ... > > this gives normal distribution in the range (0,1) ...... > now multiply it by (b-a) and add a .... > > Finish > > > > On 4/18/08, Zhang Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Can you explain it more detailedly? > > > > A number composed of randomly generated log b bits is a number > > distributed between [0, b], is it equal to random(a, b) ? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Chonku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What you need to generate is a random number between a & b using > > > random(0,1). I think a hint should be enough for you. Any given number n > can > > > be represented using log n bits. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/14/08, Vishal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > If RANDOM(0,1) gives you only 0 or 1, then RANDOM(a,b) is expected to > give > > > you a or b. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/14/08, deeepanshu shukla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > thanks for the reply , > > > > > but this will give only two nos. as Random(0,1) gives only o or 1 so > > > your algo gives either a or b .. > > > > > > > > > > but i hv got the right one........ > > > > > see first generate a generator using Random(0,1) which gives > uniform > > > distribution between 0 and 1 .... > > > > > (generatinga bit string ad normalizing it) > > > > > > > > > > then multiplying by b-a........... > > > > > enjoy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/14/08, Karthik Singaram Lakshmanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > RANDOM(0,1)*(b-a)+a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM, deeepanshu shukla > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > hello everybody ....... > > > > > > > can anyone help me solving this........ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Describe an implementation of the procedure RANDOM(a, b) that > only > > > makes > > > > > > > calls to > > > > > > > RANDOM(0, 1). What is the expected running time of your > procedure, > > > as a > > > > > > > function of a and > > > > > > > b? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Deepanshu Shukla > > > > > > > 3rd year , Mathematics and Computing, > > > > > > > I.T.-B.H.U. , > > > > > > > Varanasi,India > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > zhangfan > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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