/* randist/flat.c

 * 

 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 James Theiler, Brian Gough

 * 

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at

 * your option) any later version.

 * 

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

 * General Public License for more details.

 * 

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

 */

#include <config.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>

#include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>

/* This is the uniform distribution in the range [a, b)

   p(x) dx = 1/(b-a) dx   if  a <= x < b

   .....   = 0            otherwise 

 */

double

gsl_ran_flat (const gsl_rng * r, const double a, const double b)

{

  double u = gsl_rng_uniform (r);

  /* A uniform distribution over [a,b) */

  return a * (1 - u) + b * u;

}

double

gsl_ran_flat_pdf (double x, const double a, const double b)

{

  if (x < b && x >= a)

    {

      return 1 / (b - a);

    }

  else

    {

      return 0;

    }

}