RR Interval Time Series Modeling: The PhysioNet/Computing in Cardiology Challenge 2002 1.0.0

File: <base>/rrgen.c (2,057 bytes)
/* file: rrgen.c

   This file is a template for entries in the CinC Challenge 2002 event 1.
   Replace the functions initialize() and generate() with your own versions,
   and fill in the information on the next three lines:
     Author(s)     : 
     Organization  :
     email address :

   This program should compile without errors or warnings using:
	gcc -Wall rrgen.c -lm

   See http://www.physionet.org/challenge/2002/ for further information on
   the CinC Challenge 2002.
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

#define	SPS	128	/* sampling frequency (determines quantization of
			   RR intervals;  see main()) */

/* This function is called once, before generate() is called.  See main()
   for a description of its arguments.
*/

void initialize(long seed, long tmax)
{
    srand((unsigned int)seed);
    return;
}


/* This function is called once per RR interval.  It should return the length
   of the next (simulated) RR interval in seconds.

   The example code generates samples of a noisy sine wave.
*/

float generate(void)
{
    float rr;
    static float t;

    rr = 0.8 + 0.05*sin(t/5.5) + ((float)rand() - RAND_MAX)/(RAND_MAX*100.0);
    t += rr;
    return (rr);
}
    
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    float t = 0.0;	    /* sum of intervals since the beginning of the
			       simulation, in seconds */
    long ts = 0;	    /* t, in sample intervals */
    long tsp = 0;	    /* previous value of ts */
    long tmax = 24*60*60;   /* 24 hours, in seconds */
    long seed;		    /* a 32-bit random variable that can be used to
			       initialize the generator */
    long atol();

    if (argc < 2) {
	fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s seed [tmax]\n", argv[0]);
	exit(1);
    }
    seed = atol(argv[1]);
    if (argc > 2)
	tmax = atol(argv[2]);

    initialize(seed, tmax);
    while ((t += generate()) < tmax) {	/* add RR interval to running time */
	/* calculate and output a quantized RR interval */
	ts = (long)(SPS*t + 0.5);
	printf("%5.3f\n", (ts - tsp)/((float)SPS));
	tsp = ts;
    }

    exit(0);
}