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std::extreme_value_distribution

Defined in header <random>
template< class RealType = double >
class extreme_value_distribution;
(since C++11)

Produces random numbers according to the extreme value distribution (it is also known as Gumbel Type I, log-Weibull, Fisher-Tippett Type I): \({\small p(x;a,b) = \frac{1}{b} \exp{(\frac{a-x}{b}-\exp{(\frac{a-x}{b})})} }\)p(x;a,b) =

1/b exp

a-x/b - exp

a-x/b



std::extreme_value_distribution satisfies all requirements of RandomNumberDistribution.

Template parameters

RealType - The result type generated by the generator. The effect is undefined if this is not one of float, double, or long double.

Member types

Member type Definition
result_type RealType
param_type(C++11) the type of the parameter set, see RandomNumberDistribution.

Member functions

(C++11)
constructs new distribution
(public member function)
(C++11)
resets the internal state of the distribution
(public member function)
Generation
(C++11)
generates the next random number in the distribution
(public member function)
Characteristics
returns the distribution parameters
(public member function)
(C++11)
gets or sets the distribution parameter object
(public member function)
(C++11)
returns the minimum potentially generated value
(public member function)
(C++11)
returns the maximum potentially generated value
(public member function)

Non-member functions

(C++11)(C++11)(removed in C++20)
compares two distribution objects
(function)
(C++11)
performs stream input and output on pseudo-random number distribution
(function template)

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <random>
#include <vector>
 
template<int Height = 5, int BarWidth = 1, int Padding = 1, int Offset = 0,
         bool MinMax = true, class S>
void draw_vbars(S const& s)
{
    static_assert((Height > 0) && (BarWidth > 0) && (Padding >= 0) && (Offset >= 0));
 
    const auto repeat_cout = [](auto const& v, int n)
    {
        while (n-- > 0)
            std::cout << v;
    };
 
    const auto [min, max] = std::minmax_element(std::cbegin(s), std::cend(s));
    std::vector<std::div_t> qr;
    for (float e : s) {
        qr.push_back(std::div(std::lerp(0.f, Height * 8 , (e - *min) / (*max - *min)), 8));
    }
    for (auto h{Height}; h-- > 0 ;) {
        repeat_cout(' ', Offset);
        for (auto [q, r] : qr) {
            char d[] = "█"; // == { 0xe2, 0x96, 0x88, 0 }
            if (q < h) {
                repeat_cout(' ', BarWidth);
            } else {
                if (q == h) {
                    d[2] -= (7 - r);
                }
                repeat_cout(d, BarWidth);
            }
            repeat_cout(' ', Padding);
        }
        if (MinMax && Height > 1) {
            if (h == Height - 1)
                std::cout << "┬ " << *max;
            else if (h == 0)
                std::cout << "┴ " << *min;
            else
                std::cout << "│";
        }
        std::cout << '\n';
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    std::random_device rd{};
    std::mt19937 gen{rd()};
 
    std::extreme_value_distribution<> d{-1.618f, 1.618f};
 
    const int norm = 10'000;
    const float cutoff = 0.000'3f;
 
    std::map<int, int> hist{};
    for(int n=0; n<norm; ++n) {
        ++hist[std::round(d(gen))];
    }
 
    std::vector<float> bars;
    std::vector<int> indices;
    for(const auto [n,p] : hist) {
        float x = p*(1.0f/norm);
        if (x > cutoff) {
            bars.push_back(x);
            indices.push_back(n);
        }
    }
 
    draw_vbars<8,4>(bars);
 
    for (int n : indices) {
        std::cout << " " << std::setw(2) << n << "  ";
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Possible output:

               ████ ▅▅▅▅                                                        ┬ 0.2186
               ████ ████                                                        │
          ▁▁▁▁ ████ ████ ▇▇▇▇                                                   │
          ████ ████ ████ ████                                                   │
          ████ ████ ████ ████ ▆▆▆▆                                              │
          ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▁▁▁▁                                         │
     ▄▄▄▄ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▃▃▃▃                                    │
▁▁▁▁ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▆▆▆▆ ▃▃▃▃ ▂▂▂▂ ▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁ ┴ 0.0005
 -5   -4   -3   -2   -1    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10

Weisstein, Eric W. "Extreme Value Distribution." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource.

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