SobolSequence.cpp

//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "MantidKernel/SobolSequence.h"
#include <stdexcept>

namespace Mantid
{
  namespace Kernel
  {
    /**
     * Constructor taking the number of dimensions for the sequence
     */
    SobolSequence::SobolSequence(const unsigned int ndims) :
      QuasiRandomNumberSequence(ndims), m_gslGenerator(NULL)
    {
      setNumberOfDimensions(ndims);
    }

    /**
     * Destructor
     */
    SobolSequence::~SobolSequence()
    {
      deleteCurrentGenerator();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the next number in the sequence
     * @returns A double giving the next number in the Sobol sequence for the current dimension
     */
    void SobolSequence::generateNextPoint()
    {
      std::vector<double> & point = getNextPointCache();
      gsl_qrng_get(m_gslGenerator, point.data());
    }

    /**
     * Reset state back to the start of the sequence
     */
    void SobolSequence::restart()
    {
      if(m_gslGenerator)
      {
        gsl_qrng_init(m_gslGenerator);
      }
    }

    /**
     * Sets the number of dimensions for the generator. Note this destroys
     * any previous state information
     */
    void SobolSequence::setNumberOfDimensions(const unsigned int ndims)
    {
      gsl_qrng *generator = gsl_qrng_alloc(gsl_qrng_sobol, static_cast<unsigned int>(ndims));
      if(generator)
      {
        deleteCurrentGenerator();
        m_gslGenerator = generator;
      }
      else
      {
        throw std::invalid_argument("SobolSequence::setNumberOfDimensions - "
                                    "Error initializing sequence, insufficient memory.");
      }
    }

    /**
     * Frees resources allocated by current generator
     */
    void SobolSequence::deleteCurrentGenerator()
    {
      if(m_gslGenerator)
      {
        gsl_qrng_free(m_gslGenerator);
      }
      m_gslGenerator = NULL;
    }

  }
}