如何使用boost :: uniform_on_sphere？

Question

我想挑选一个单位球体上的一个随机点，并发现提升提供了完全这样的分布。但是当我尝试使用它时，所有生成的值都是nan。我不知道我做错了什么，请问您能否赐教？这个小代码描述了我想做的事：

#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream> 
#include <vector> 
#include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp> 
#include <boost/random/uniform_on_sphere.hpp> 

int main() 
{ 
    boost::mt19937 gen; 
    boost::uniform_on_sphere<float> dist(3); 

    { // Seed from system random device 
    std::ifstream rand_device("/dev/urandom"); 
    uint32_t seed; 
    rand_device >> seed; 

    gen.seed(seed); 
    } 

    while(1) { 
    // Generate a point on a unit sphere 
    std::vector<float> res = dist(gen); 

    // Print the coordinates 
    for(int i = 0; i < res.size(); ++i) { 
     std::cout << res[i] << ' '; 
    } 
    std::cout << '\n'; 
    } 
} 

输出是：

nan nan nan 
nan nan nan 
nan nan nan 
nan nan nan 

循环往复......

Answer 1

我假设你正在使用Boost 1.49。下面的方法适用于这种情况。

这是Boost有点复杂的地方。该对象是uniform_on_sphere只是您绘制点所需的一个组件，它是分布的一部分。您还需要创建一个boost::variate_generator，沿着以下工作.cpp文件的行。

请注意，这有我自己的包括使用系统时间种子等，你应该能够修改这个以适应你。

// Standards, w/ctime to seed based on system time. 
#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream> 
#include <vector> 
#include <ctime> 

// Boost. Requires variate_generator to actually draw the values. 
#include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp> 
#include <boost/random/uniform_on_sphere.hpp> 
#include <boost/random/variate_generator.hpp> 


int main(){ 

    typedef boost::random::mt19937 gen_type; 

    // You can seed this your way as well, but this is my quick and dirty way. 
    gen_type rand_gen; 
    rand_gen.seed(static_cast<unsigned int>(std::time(0))); 

    // Create the distribution object. 
    boost::uniform_on_sphere<float> unif_sphere(3); 

    // This is what will actually supply drawn values. 
    boost::variate_generator<gen_type&, boost::uniform_on_sphere<float> > random_on_sphere(rand_gen, unif_sphere); 

    // Now you can draw a vector of drawn coordinates as such: 
    std::vector<float> random_sphere_point = random_on_sphere(); 

    // Print out the drawn sphere triple's values. 
    for(int i = 0; i < random_sphere_point.size(); ++i) { 
     std::cout << random_sphere_point.at(i) << ' '; 
    } 
    std::cout << '\n'; 

    return 0; 
} 

当我在控制台中运行，我得到看似正确的东西：

ely@AMDESK:~/Desktop/Programming/C++/RandOnSphere$ g++ -I /usr/include/boost_1_49/ -L /usr/include/boost_1_49/stage/lib randomOnSphere.cpp -o ros 
ely@AMDESK:~/Desktop/Programming/C++/RandOnSphere$ ./ros 
0.876326 -0.0441729 0.479689 
ely@AMDESK:~/Desktop/Programming/C++/RandOnSphere$ ./ros 
-0.039037 -0.17792 0.98327 
ely@AMDESK:~/Desktop/Programming/C++/RandOnSphere$ ./ros 
-0.896734 0.419589 -0.14076