GaussianTail.cc

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#include "FastSimulation/Utilities/interface/GaussianTail.h"
#include "FastSimulation/Utilities/interface/RandomEngineAndDistribution.h"
 
#include <cmath>
GaussianTail::GaussianTail(double sigma, double threshold) : sigma_(sigma), threshold_(threshold) {
  s_ = threshold_ / sigma_;
  ssquare_ = s_ * s_;
}
 
GaussianTail::~GaussianTail() { ; }
 
double GaussianTail::shoot(RandomEngineAndDistribution const* random) const {
  // in the zero suppresion case, s is usually >2
  if (s_ > 1.) {
    /* Use the "supertail" deviates from the last two steps
       * of Marsaglia's rectangle-wedge-tail method, as described
       * in Knuth, v2, 3rd ed, pp 123-128.  (See also exercise 11, p139,
       * and the solution, p586.)
       */
 
    double u, v, x;
 
    do {
      u = random->flatShoot();
      do {
        v = random->flatShoot();
      } while (v == 0.0);
      x = std::sqrt(ssquare_ - 2 * std::log(v));
    } while (x * u > s_);
    return x * sigma_;
  } else {
    /* For small s, use a direct rejection method. The limit s < 1
         can be adjusted to optimise the overall efficiency 
       */
 
    double x;
 
    do {
      x = random->gaussShoot();
    } while (x < s_);
    return x * sigma_;
  }
}