// RRUtils RRExponentialFunction.m // // Copyright © 2008, Roy Ratcliffe, Lancaster, United Kingdom // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal // in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights // to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE // SOFTWARE. // //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #import "RRExponentialFunction.h" #import // for expf void RRExponentialFunctionSetCoefficient(RRExponentialFunction *f, float c) { f->coefficient = c; f->exponentOfMinusCoefficient = expf(-c); f->oneOverOneMinusExponentOfMinusCoefficient = 1.0f / (1.0f - f->exponentOfMinusCoefficient); // Computing "one over one minus exponent of minus coefficient" optimises // for multiplication over division. Effectively, the exponential function // divides by one minus the exponent of the coefficient. Deriving the // reciprocal upfront changes the divide to multiply during // evaluation. Multiply typically beats divide when it comes to performance. } float RRExponentialFunctionEvaluate(RRExponentialFunction *f, float x) { return 1.0f - ((expf(x * -f->coefficient) - f->exponentOfMinusCoefficient) * f->oneOverOneMinusExponentOfMinusCoefficient); }