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ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable Class Reference
Random Variables

The Random Number Generator (RNG) that has a specified empirical distribution. More...

#include <random-variable-stream.h>

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Classes

class  ValueCDF
 

Public Member Functions

 EmpiricalRandomVariable ()
 Creates an empirical RNG that has a specified, empirical distribution. More...
 
void CDF (double v, double c)
 Specifies a point in the empirical distribution. More...
 
virtual uint32_t GetInteger (void)
 Returns the next value in the empirical distribution. More...
 
virtual double GetValue (void)
 Returns the next value in the empirical distribution. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::RandomVariableStream
 RandomVariableStream ()
 
virtual ~RandomVariableStream ()
 
int64_t GetStream (void) const
 Returns the stream number for this RNG stream. More...
 
bool IsAntithetic (void) const
 Returns true if antithetic values should be generated. More...
 
void SetAntithetic (bool isAntithetic)
 Specifies whether antithetic values should be generated. More...
 
void SetStream (int64_t stream)
 Specifies the stream number for this RNG stream. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
 Object ()
 
virtual ~Object ()
 
void AggregateObject (Ptr< Object > other)
 
void Dispose (void)
 Run the DoDispose methods of this object and all the objects aggregated to it. More...
 
AggregateIterator GetAggregateIterator (void) const
 
virtual TypeId GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (void) const
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (TypeId tid) const
 
void Initialize (void)
 This method calls the virtual DoInitialize method on all the objects aggregated to this object. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< Object, ObjectBase, ObjectDeleter >
 SimpleRefCount ()
 Constructor. More...
 
 SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
 Copy constructor. More...
 
uint32_t GetReferenceCount (void) const
 Get the reference count of the object. More...
 
SimpleRefCount & operator= (const SimpleRefCount &o)
 Assignment. More...
 
void Ref (void) const
 Increment the reference count. More...
 
void Unref (void) const
 Decrement the reference count. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
virtual ~ObjectBase ()
 Virtual destructor. More...
 
void GetAttribute (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
 
bool GetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, AttributeValue &attribute) const
 
void SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
 
bool SetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
 
bool TraceConnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
 
bool TraceConnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
 
bool TraceDisconnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
 
bool TraceDisconnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
 

Static Public Member Functions

static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::RandomVariableStream
static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 Register this type. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< Object, ObjectBase, ObjectDeleter >
static void Cleanup (void)
 Noop. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 Get the type ID. More...
 

Private Member Functions

virtual double Interpolate (double, double, double, double, double)
 
virtual void Validate ()
 

Private Attributes

std::vector< ValueCDF > emp
 
bool validated
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::RandomVariableStream
RngStream * Peek (void) const
 Returns a pointer to the underlying RNG stream. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
 Object (const Object &o)
 
virtual void DoDispose (void)
 This method is called by Object::Dispose or by the object's destructor, whichever comes first. More...
 
virtual void DoInitialize (void)
 This method is called only once by Object::Initialize. More...
 
virtual void NotifyNewAggregate (void)
 This method is invoked whenever two sets of objects are aggregated together. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
void ConstructSelf (const AttributeConstructionList &attributes)
 
virtual void NotifyConstructionCompleted (void)
 This method is invoked once all member attributes have been initialized. More...
 

Detailed Description

The Random Number Generator (RNG) that has a specified empirical distribution.

Defines a random variable that has a specified, empirical distribution. The distribution is specified by a series of calls to the CDF member function, specifying a value and the probability that the function value is less than the specified value. When values are requested, a uniform random variable is used to select a probability, and the return value is interpreted linearly between the two appropriate points in the CDF. The method is known as inverse transform sampling: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_transform_sampling).

Here is an example of how to use this class:

// Create the RNG with a uniform distribution between 0 and 10.
Ptr<EmpiricalRandomVariable> x = CreateObject<EmpiricalRandomVariable> ();
x->CDF ( 0.0, 0.0);
x->CDF ( 5.0, 0.5);
x->CDF (10.0, 1.0);
// The expected value for the mean of the values returned by this
// empirical distribution is the midpoint of the distribution
//
// E[value] = 5 .
//
double value = x->GetValue ();

Config Paths

ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable is accessible through the following paths with Config::Set and Config::Connect:

  • /ChannelList/[i]/$ns3::WifiChannel/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationDelayModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationDelayModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /ChannelList/[i]/$ns3::WifiChannel/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationLossModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationLossModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /ChannelList/[i]/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationDelayModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationDelayModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /ChannelList/[i]/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationLossModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationLossModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::ArpL3Protocol/RequestJitter/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::Icmpv6L4Protocol/SolicitationJitter/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::GaussMarkovMobilityModel/MeanDirection/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::GaussMarkovMobilityModel/MeanPitch/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::GaussMarkovMobilityModel/MeanVelocity/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomDirection2dMobilityModel/Pause/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomDirection2dMobilityModel/Speed/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWalk2dMobilityModel/Direction/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWalk2dMobilityModel/Speed/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/Pause/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomBoxPositionAllocator/X/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomBoxPositionAllocator/Y/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomBoxPositionAllocator/Z/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomDiscPositionAllocator/Rho/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomDiscPositionAllocator/Theta/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomRectanglePositionAllocator/X/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/PositionAllocator/$ns3::RandomRectanglePositionAllocator/Y/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/$ns3::MobilityModel/$ns3::RandomWaypointMobilityModel/Speed/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/ApplicationList/[i]/$ns3::OnOffApplication/OffTime/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/ApplicationList/[i]/$ns3::OnOffApplication/OnTime/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::CsmaNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstSize/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::CsmaNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstStart/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::CsmaNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::RateErrorModel/RanVar/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::PointToPointNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstSize/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::PointToPointNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstStart/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::PointToPointNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::RateErrorModel/RanVar/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::SimpleNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstSize/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::SimpleNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::BurstErrorModel/BurstStart/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::SimpleNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel/$ns3::RateErrorModel/RanVar/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Channel/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationDelayModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationDelayModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable
  • /NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Channel/$ns3::YansWifiChannel/PropagationLossModel/$ns3::RandomPropagationLossModel/Variable/$ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable

No Attributes are defined for this type.
No TraceSources are defined for this type.

Definition at line 2399 of file random-variable-stream.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::EmpiricalRandomVariable ( )

Creates an empirical RNG that has a specified, empirical distribution.

Definition at line 1519 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Member Function Documentation

void ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::CDF ( double  v,
double  c 
)

Specifies a point in the empirical distribution.

Parameters
vThe function value for this point
cProbability that the function is less than or equal to v

Definition at line 1587 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References emp, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by RandomVariableStreamEmpiricalTestCase::DoRun(), RandomVariableStreamEmpiricalAntitheticTestCase::DoRun(), and main().

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uint32_t ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::GetInteger ( void  )
virtual

Returns the next value in the empirical distribution.

Returns
The integer next value in the empirical distribution.

Note that antithetic values are being generated if m_isAntithetic is equal to true. If $u$ is a uniform variable over [0,1] and $x$ is a value that would be returned normally, then $(1 - u$) is the distance that $u$ would be from $1$. The value returned in the antithetic case, $x'$, uses (1-u), which is the distance $u$ is from the 1.

Implements ns3::RandomVariableStream.

Definition at line 1581 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References GetValue(), and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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TypeId ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::GetTypeId ( void  )
static

Definition at line 1511 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References ns3::TypeId::SetParent().

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double ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::GetValue ( void  )
virtual

Returns the next value in the empirical distribution.

Returns
The floating point next value in the empirical distribution.

Note that antithetic values are being generated if m_isAntithetic is equal to true. If $u$ is a uniform variable over [0,1] and $x$ is a value that would be returned normally, then $(1 - u$) is the distance that $u$ would be from $1$. The value returned in the antithetic case, $x'$, uses (1-u), which is the distance $u$ is from the 1.

Implements ns3::RandomVariableStream.

Definition at line 1527 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References emp, Interpolate(), ns3::RandomVariableStream::IsAntithetic(), NS_LOG_FUNCTION, ns3::RandomVariableStream::Peek(), ns3::RngStream::RandU01(), Validate(), and validated.

Referenced by RandomVariableStreamEmpiricalTestCase::DoRun(), RandomVariableStreamEmpiricalAntitheticTestCase::DoRun(), and GetInteger().

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double ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::Interpolate ( double  c1,
double  c2,
double  v1,
double  v2,
double  r 
)
privatevirtual

Definition at line 1615 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by GetValue().

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void ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::Validate ( )
privatevirtual

Definition at line 1594 of file random-variable-stream.cc.

References ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::ValueCDF::cdf, emp, NS_FATAL_ERROR, NS_LOG_FUNCTION, validated, and ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::ValueCDF::value.

Referenced by GetValue().

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Member Data Documentation

std::vector<ValueCDF> ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::emp
private

Definition at line 2456 of file random-variable-stream.h.

Referenced by CDF(), GetValue(), and Validate().

bool ns3::EmpiricalRandomVariable::validated
private

Definition at line 2455 of file random-variable-stream.h.

Referenced by GetValue(), and Validate().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: