NAME

Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap - Generate random numbers with bootstrap resampling from a non-parametric distibution

SYNOPSIS

  use Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap;
  @sample = qw( 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 );
  $prng = Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap->new(@sample);
  $prng->seed(42);
  $prng->next() # draws randomly from the sample
  

DESCRIPTION

This subclass of Math::Random::OO generates random numbers with bootstrap resampling (i.e. resampling with replacement) from a given set of observations. Each item in the sample array is drawn with equal probability.

USAGE

new

 $prng = Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap->new(@sample);
 $prng = Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap->new(\@sample);

new takes either a list or a reference to an array containing a set of observations and returns a new Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap object. If a reference is provided, the object will make an internal copy of the array to avoid unexpected results if the source reference is modified.

If the desired sample is an array of array references, the list must be enclosed in an anonymous array reference to avoid ambiguity.

 @sample = ( [ 1, 2, 3], [2, 3, 4] );

 # Correct way
 $prng = Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap->new( [ @sample ] );
 
 # Incorrect -- will only use [1, 2, 3] as the desired sample
 $prng = Math::Random::OO::Bootstrap->new( @sample );

It is an error to call new with no arguments.

seed

 $rv = $prng->seed( @seeds );

This method seeds the random number generator. At the moment, only the first seed value matters.

next

 $rnd = $prng->next();

This method returns the next random number from the random number generator by resampling with replacement from the provided data. It does not take any parameters.

BUGS

Please report bugs using the CPAN Request Tracker at

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Math-Random-OO

AUTHOR

David A. Golden (DAGOLDEN)

dagolden@dagolden.com

http://dagolden.com/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004 by David A. Golden

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

Math::Random::OO

cpanm Math::Random::OO

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Math::Random::OO