Replacing the use of the scale function will reduce the amount of code calculation to a certain extent, thereby improving the operating efficiency (a bit), see discussion and rnorm in perf.f90.
FUNCTION rnorm() RESULT( fn_val )
! This subroutine was taken from: http://jblevins.org/mirror/amiller/rnorm.f90
! Generate a random normal deviate using the polar method.
! Reference: Marsaglia,G. & Bray,T.A. 'A convenient method for generating
! normal variables', Siam Rev., vol.6, 260-264, 1964.
REAL(dp) :: fn_val
! Local variables
REAL(dp) :: u, sum
REAL(dp), SAVE :: v, sln
LOGICAL, SAVE :: second = .FALSE.
REAL(dp), PARAMETER :: one = 1, vsmall = TINY( one )
IF (second) THEN
! If second, use the second random number generated on last call
second = .false.
fn_val = v*sln
ELSE
! First call; generate a pair of random normals
second = .true.
DO
CALL RANDOM_NUMBER( u )
CALL RANDOM_NUMBER( v )
u = 2*u - one
v = 2*v - one
sum = u*u + v*v + vsmall ! vsmall added to prevent LOG(zero) / zero
IF(sum < one) EXIT
END DO
sln = SQRT(- 2*LOG(sum) / sum)
fn_val = u*sln
END IF
END FUNCTION rnorm
Replacing the use of the
scale
function will reduce the amount of code calculation to a certain extent, thereby improving the operating efficiency (a bit), see discussion andrnorm
in perf.f90.