RANDOM_SORTED, a MATLAB library which generates vectors of random values which are already sorted.
Since the computation of the spacing between the values requires some additional arithmetic, it is not immediately obvious when this procedure will be faster than simply generating a vector of random values and then sorting it.
Because the library can generate a sorted random vector of values between 0 and 1, it is possible to generate sorted data samples from any distribution for which the inverse Cumulative Density Function (CDF) is known. For instance, to generate sorted normal data, simply generate sorted uniform data, and then apply the inverse of the normal CDF, as in the example code listed below.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
RANDOM_SORTED is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
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