Class Philox4x64

All Implemented Interfaces:
ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider, RandomLongSource, JumpableUniformRandomProvider, LongJumpableUniformRandomProvider, RestorableUniformRandomProvider, UniformRandomProvider

This class implements the Philox4x64 256-bit counter-based generator with 10 rounds.

This is a member of the Philox family of generators. Memory footprint is 384 bits and the period is 2258.

Jumping in the sequence is essentially instantaneous. This generator provides both subsequences and arbitrary jumps for easy parallelization.

References:

  1. Salmon, J.K. et al (2011) Parallel Random Numbers: As Easy as 1,2,3.
Since:
1.7
  • Constructor Details

    • Philox4x64

      public Philox4x64(long[] seed)
      Creates a new instance given 6 long numbers containing, key (first two longs) and the counter (next 4 longs, low bits = first long). The counter is not scrambled and may be used to create contiguous blocks with size a multiple of 4 longs. For example, setting seed[2] = 1 is equivalent to start with seed[2]=0 and calling next() 4 times.
      Parameters:
      seed - Array of size 6 defining key0,key1,counter0,counter1,counter2,counter3. If the size is smaller, zero values are assumed.
  • Method Details

    • getStateInternal

      protected byte[] getStateInternal()
      Creates a snapshot of the RNG state.
      Overrides:
      getStateInternal in class LongProvider
      Returns:
      the internal state.
    • setStateInternal

      protected void setStateInternal(byte[] s)
      Resets the RNG to the given state.
      Overrides:
      setStateInternal in class LongProvider
      Parameters:
      s - State (previously obtained by a call to BaseProvider.getStateInternal()).
      See Also:
    • next

      public long next()
      Return the next random value.
      Specified by:
      next in interface RandomLongSource
      Returns:
      the next random value.
    • jump

      Creates a copy of the UniformRandomProvider and then advances the state of the current instance. The copy is returned.

      The current state will be advanced in a single operation by the equivalent of a number of sequential calls to a method that updates the state of the provider. The size of the jump is implementation dependent.

      Repeat invocations of this method will create a series of generators that are uniformly spaced at intervals of the output sequence. Each generator provides non-overlapping output for the length of the jump for use in parallel computations.

      The jump size is the equivalent of 2130 calls to nextLong(). It can provide up to 2128 non-overlapping subsequences.

      Specified by:
      jump in interface JumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Returns:
      A copy of the current state.
    • longJump

      Creates a copy of the JumpableUniformRandomProvider and then advances the state of the current instance. The copy is returned.

      The current state will be advanced in a single operation by the equivalent of a number of sequential calls to a method that updates the state of the provider. The size of the long jump is implementation dependent.

      Repeat invocations of this method will create a series of generators that are uniformly spaced at intervals of the output sequence. Each generator provides non-overlapping output for the length of the long jump for use in parallel computations.

      The returned copy may be jumped m / n times before overlap with the current instance where m is the long jump length and n is the jump length of the JumpableUniformRandomProvider.jump() method.

      The jump size is the equivalent of 2194 calls to nextLong(). It can provide up to 264 non-overlapping subsequences of length 2194; each subsequence can provide up to 264 non-overlapping subsequences of length 2130 using the jump() method.

      Specified by:
      longJump in interface LongJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Returns:
      A copy of the current state.
    • jump

      Description copied from interface: ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Creates a copy of the ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider and then advances the state cycle of the current instance by the specified distance. The copy is returned.

      The current state will be advanced in a single operation by the equivalent of a number of sequential calls to a method that updates the state cycle of the provider.

      Repeat invocations of this method will create a series of generators that are uniformly spaced at intervals of the output sequence. Each generator provides non-overlapping output for the length specified by distance for use in parallel computations.

      Specified by:
      jump in interface ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Parameters:
      distance - Distance to jump forward with the state cycle.
      Returns:
      A copy of the current state.
    • jumpPowerOfTwo

      Description copied from interface: ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Creates a copy of the ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider and then advances the state cycle of the current instance by a distance equal to 2logDistance. The copy is returned.

      The current state will be advanced in a single operation by the equivalent of a number of sequential calls to a method that updates the state cycle of the provider.

      Repeat invocations of this method will create a series of generators that are uniformly spaced at intervals of the output sequence. Each generator provides non-overlapping output for the length specified by 2logDistance for use in parallel computations.

      Specified by:
      jumpPowerOfTwo in interface ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Parameters:
      logDistance - Base-2 logarithm of the distance to jump forward with the state cycle.
      Returns:
      A copy of the current state.
    • jumps

      Returns an effectively unlimited stream of new random generators, each of which implements the ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider interface. The generators are output at integer multiples of the specified jump distance in the generator's state cycle.
      Specified by:
      jumps in interface ArbitrarilyJumpableUniformRandomProvider
      Parameters:
      distance - Distance to jump forward with the state cycle.
      Returns:
      a stream of random generators.