all threshold comparisons now done in log, so as to prevent underflows at small beta

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/src/network.cpp b/lib/src/network.cpp
index bc7a0c6..9cb1007 100644
--- a/lib/src/network.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/network.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ void network::set_thresholds(double beta, std::mt19937& rng) {
   std::uniform_real_distribution<long double> d(0.0, 1.0);
 
   for (long double& threshold : thresholds) {
-    threshold = 0.0;
+    threshold = std::numeric_limits<long double>::lowest();
 
-    while (threshold == 0.0) {
-      threshold = expl(logl(d(rng)) / (long double)beta);
+    while (threshold == std::numeric_limits<long double>::lowest()) {
+      threshold = logl(d(rng)) / (long double)beta;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ void network::fracture(hooks& m, double cutoff) {
     }
 
     unsigned int max_pos = UINT_MAX;
-    long double max_val = 0;
+    long double max_val = std::numeric_limits<long double>::lowest();
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G.edges.size(); i++) {
       if (!fuses[i] && fabs(ci.currents[i]) > cutoff) {
-        long double val = (long double)fabs(ci.currents[i]) / thresholds[i];
+        long double val = logl(fabs(ci.currents[i])) - thresholds[i];
         if (val > max_val) {
           max_val = val;
           max_pos = i;