Galton Board Simulation in Go

Implementation for solving an IPT 2023 problem

This is a Go application that simulates a Galton Board, also known as a "bean machine" or "quincunx." The Galton Board is a device that demonstrates the central limit theorem and the normal distribution of particles as they bounce off pins and fall into bins.

IPT Problem

Dropping a set of beads on a board with evenly distributed pegs results in a binomial distribution. Is it possible to generate other kinds of distributions by varying some parameters (pegs size, pegs distribution, bead format, etc.)? Is it possible to achieve a distribution that does not obey the central limit theorem in an i.i.d. scenario? What happens to the distribution when one makes the board vibrate?

Usage

Make sure you have Go installed on your system.

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/niaggar/go-board

Create a folder named "data/configs" where you will save the configurations for the experiments you will run.
Create your first configuration using the "model.config.json" file as a base, and modify fields such as the number of particles (performance could be affected).
Execute.
```
go run main.go
```

Another way is to run the console files corresponding to the system you need to compile the application, and then open the executable.