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Random Number Generation #8

Open rstoneback opened 6 years ago

rstoneback commented 6 years ago

Random number functions work best when they generate many numbers are once, which isn't always convenient. Python generators offer a solution to this, but they aren't conveniently carried around. Create two random number generator functions, one normally distributed, the other in a top hat distribution, and attach them to the pysat object at instantiation.

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jklenzing commented 4 years ago

Given the recent path in development, how should we best implement this? Should we still be implementing this?

aburrell commented 4 years ago

@rstoneback could you provide more background as to why this is desirable? That would help inform our actions.