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  2. RNG-134

BoxSampler to sampler uniformly from a box (or hyperrectangle)

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Implemented
    • 1.4
    • 1.4
    • sampling
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    Description

      Create a sampler to sample uniformly within a hyperrectangle.

      Alternative names for a hyperrectangle are a box or an orthotope. Below I use the term box for simplicity and to match the BallSampler for an n-ball.
       

      public abstract class BoxSampler implements 
              SharedStateSampler<BoxSampler> {
          public static BoxSampler of(double[] a,
                                      double[] b,
                                      UniformRandomProvider rng);
      }
      

      Inputs a and b are the minimum and maximum of the box in each dimension.

      Sampling can be performed using the same method as the LineSampler but using a uniform deviate for each dimension (instead of the same deviate for all dimensions):

      p = a + u * (b - a)
        = a + ub - ua
        = (1 - u)a + ub
      

      This will produce the same results as using an instance of the the ContinuousUniformSampler for each dimension with all samplers using a common RNG.
       

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