reservoir_sample.hh File Reference

Randomly select the best N elements from a stream of elements using one pass over a dataset. More...

#include <numeric/types.hh>
#include <numeric/random/random.hh>
#include <utility/vector1.hh>

Classes
class	numeric::random::ReservoirSampler< T >
	Simple container for keeping K random values. More...

Namespaces
	numeric
	Unit headers.
	numeric::random

Functions
numeric::Real	numeric::random::reservoir_sample_accept_prob (numeric::Size n_wanted, numeric::Size n_seen)
	Returns the probability that the Nth value in a sequence should be accepted using the reservoir sampling criterion. More...
template<typename T >
utility::vector1< T >	numeric::random::reservoir_sample (utility::vector1< T > const &vec, numeric::Size n_wanted, RandomGenerator &rg=numeric::random::rg())

Detailed Description

Randomly select the best N elements from a stream of elements using one pass over a dataset.

Author

James Thompson