DistributionSampler Class Reference

Utility class for sampling from a given distribution using the inverse cumulative function and interpolating with TGraph.

Public Member Functions
G4double	sampleFromDistribution ()
	Samples values from a given distribution using the Inverse CDF algorithm.
void	setData (const std::vector< G4double > &pX, const std::vector< G4double > &pY, G4String pName)
	Sets data for the distribution.
void	makeInterpolator ()
	Initializes the interpolator using TGraph.
void	setUnits (G4double pX, G4double pY)
	Sets units for the x and y data points of the distribution.
G4double	interpolate (G4double pX)
	Interpolates distribution using TGraph (ROOT)

Private Member Functions
void	calculateSlopesAndCDF ()
	Calculates the slopes and cumulative function of a dataset for the inverse cumulative algorithm.

Private Attributes
G4double	m_XUnit
G4double	m_YUnit
std::vector< G4double >	m_X
std::vector< G4double >	m_Y
std::vector< G4double >	m_slopes
std::vector< G4double >	m_CDF
G4String	m_distName
TGraph *	m_interpolator = nullptr

Member Function Documentation

calculateSlopesAndCDF()

void DistributionSampler::calculateSlopesAndCDF ( )

private

This function computes the slopes and cumulative function values for the given dataset. These results are often used in the inverse cumulative algorithm.

interpolate()

G4double DistributionSampler::interpolate

(

G4double

p_x

)

Parameters

x-p_value

Returns

The interpolated y-p_value for the given x.

makeInterpolator()

void DistributionSampler::makeInterpolator

(

)

This method creates a new TGraph instance with the stored data points and sets its name to the name of the distribution.

sampleFromDistribution()

G4double DistributionSampler::sampleFromDistribution

(

)

This method employs the inverse cumulative distribution function (Inverse CDF) technique to derive samples from a specified distribution. It's useful for generating random values in accordance with the underlying distribution shape.

Returns

A randomly selected x-p_value sampled in line with the provided distribution.

setData()

void DistributionSampler::setData	(	const std::vector< G4double > &	p_x,
		const std::vector< G4double > &	p_y,
		G4String	p_name
	)

This method sets the x and y data points for the distribution and assigns a name to it for the TGraph (if used).

Parameters

p_x	Vector containing x-values of the data.
p_y	Vector containing y-values of the data.
p_name	Name for the distribution, used for debugging and TGraph name assignment.

setUnits()

void DistributionSampler::setUnits	(	G4double	p_x,
		G4double	p_y
	)

Parameters

p_x	Unit for x-values.
p_y	Unit for y-values.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• OMSimSNTools.hh
• OMSimSNTools.cc