Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C
vRngMultinomial
Generates multinomially distributed random numbers.
Syntax
statusviRngMultinomial ( method , stream , n , r , ntrial , k , p );
Include Files
mkl.h
Input Parameters
method
const MKL_INT
Generation method. The specific value is as follows:
VSL_RNG_METHOD_MULTINOMIAL_MULTPOISSON
stream
VSLStreamStatePtr
Pointer to the stream state structure.
n
const MKL_INT
Number of random values to be generated.
ntrial
const int
Number of independent trials m .
k
const int
Number of possible outcomes.
p
const double*
Probability vector of k possible outcomes.
Output Parameters
r
INTEGER(KIND=4), INTENT(OUT)
int*
Array of n random vectors of dimension k .
Description
The vRngMultinomial function generates multinomially distributed random numbers with m independent trials and k possible mutually exclusive outcomes, with corresponding probabilities p_{i} , where p_{i}∈R; 0 ≤p_{i}≤ 1, m∈N, k∈N .
The probability distribution is given by:
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Return Values
VSL_ERROR_OK, VSL_STATUS_OK
Indicates no error (execution was successful).
VSL_ERROR_NULL_PTR
stream is a NULL pointer.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_STREAM
stream is not a valid random stream.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_UPDATE
A callback function for an abstract BRNG returns an invalid number of updated entries in a buffer; that is, < 0 or > nmax .
VSL_RNG_ERROR_NO_NUMBERS
A callback function for an abstract BRNG returns 0 as the number of updated entries in a buffer.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_ARS5_NOT_SUPPORTED
An ARS-5 random number generator is not supported on the CPU running the application.
VSL_DISTR_MULTINOMIAL_BAD_PROBABILITY_ARRAY
Bad multinomial distribution probability array.