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           Summary: Boost randon number generator
           Product: BFL
           Version: trunk
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wrappers
        AssignedTo: bfl@lists.mech.kuleuven.be
        ReportedBy: tinne.delaet@mech.kuleuven.be
                CC: bfl@lists.mech.kuleuven.be
   Estimated Hours: 0.0

Apparently, calling sampleFrom on a Gaussian always results in the same set of
samples when using Boost as a random number generator. It appears like boost
has a fixed list of random samples, resulting in the same samples when
executing the program multiple times.
This problem does not occur when using lti as a randon number generator.

Is this an intrinsic problem with Boost (or are we not using the rng properly)?

I found the following note on
http://www.boost.org/libs/random/random-generators.html
"Note: These random number generators are not intended for use in applications
where non-deterministic random numbers are required. See nondet_random.html for
a choice of (hopefully) non-deterministic random number generators."

So maybe we should use the proposed class when we want non-deterministic randon
numbers.

Tinne