Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C

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Date 7/13/2023
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vRngBinomial

Generates binomially distributed random numbers.

Syntax

status = viRngBinomial( method, stream, n, r, ntrial, p );

Include Files

  • mkl.h

Input Parameters

Name

Type

Description

method

const MKL_INT

Generation method. The specific value is as follows:

VSL_RNG_METHOD_BINOMIAL_BTPE

See brief description of the BTPE method in Table "Values of <method> in method parameter".

stream

VSLStreamStatePtr

Pointer to the stream state structure

n

const MKL_INT

Number of random values to be generated

ntrial

const int

Number of independent trials m

p

const double

Success probability p of a single trial

Output Parameters

Name

Type

Description

r

int*

Vector of n binomially distributed random values

Description

The vRngBinomial function generates binomially distributed random numbers with number of independent Bernoulli trials m, and with probability p of a single trial success, where pR; 0 p 1, mN.

A binomially distributed variate represents the number of successes in m independent Bernoulli trials with probability of a single trial success p.

The probability distribution is given by:


Equation

The cumulative distribution function is as follows:


Equation

 

Product and Performance Information

Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.

Notice revision #20201201

Return Values

VSL_ERROR_OK, VSL_STATUS_OK

Indicates no error, execution is successful.

VSL_ERROR_NULL_PTR

stream is a NULL pointer.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_STREAM

stream is not a valid random stream.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_UPDATE

Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns an invalid number of updated entries in a buffer, that is, < 0 or > nmax.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_NO_NUMBERS

Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns 0 as the number of updated entries in a buffer.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_QRNG_PERIOD_ELAPSED

Period of the generator has been exceeded.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_NONDETERM_NRETRIES_EXCEEDED

Number of retries to generate a random number by using non-deterministic random number generator exceeds threshold.

VSL_RNG_ERROR_ARS5_NOT_SUPPORTED

ARS-5 random number generator is not supported on the CPU running the application.