01-11-2008
Hi,
I get the idea now. Thanks. But i just have a thought if that is the case, would it be very bias to have the top variables always get the most of the values rather than the bottom ones?
What I expected at the first place is to have fair distribution of cake among the variables.
let say i have only consider 3 possbile values, (0,1 and 2). And have 5 variables. If I did consider the below idea, in all the cases, the second of third variables always get the most rather than the fourth and fifth variable.
Please advise. Thanks..
Rgrds,
Jason
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rand(3UCB) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Library Functions rand(3UCB)
NAME
rand, srand - simple random number generator
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/cc[ flag ... ] file ...
int rand()
int srand( seed);
unsigned seed;
DESCRIPTION
rand() uses a multiplicative congruential random number generator with period 2**32 to return successive pseudo-random numbers in the range
from 0 to "2**31 -1."
srand() can be called at any time to reset the random-number generator to a random starting point. The generator is initially seeded with a
value of 1.
SEE ALSO
drand48(3C), rand(3C), random(3C)
NOTES
Use of these interfaces should be restricted to only applications written on BSD platforms. Use of these interfaces with any of the system
libraries or in multi-thread applications is unsupported.
The spectral properties of rand() leave a great deal to be desired. drand48(3C) and random(3C) provide much better, though more elaborate,
random-number generators.
The low bits of the numbers generated are not very random; use the middle bits. In particular the lowest bit alternates between 0 and 1.
SunOS 5.10 12 Feb 1993 rand(3UCB)