+## Copyright (C) 2008 Luca Favatella <slackydeb@gmail.com>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## Author: Luca Favatella <slackydeb@gmail.com>
+## Version: 1.3
+
+function parents = selectionstochunif (expectation, nParents, options)
+ nc_expectation = columns (expectation);
+ line(1, 1:nc_expectation) = cumsum (expectation(1, 1:nc_expectation));
+ max_step_size = line(1, nc_expectation);
+ step_size = max_step_size * rand ();
+ steps(1, 1:nParents) = rem (step_size * (1:nParents), max_step_size);
+ for index_steps = 1:nParents ## fix an entry of the steps (or parents) vector
+ #assert (steps(1, index_steps) < max_step_size); ## DEBUG
+ index_line = 1;
+ while (steps(1, index_steps) >= line(1, index_line))
+ #assert ((index_line >= 1) && (index_line < nc_expectation)); ## DEBUG
+ index_line++;
+ endwhile
+ parents(1, index_steps) = index_line;
+ endfor
+endfunction
+
+
+## number of input arguments
+# TODO
+
+## number of output arguments
+# TODO
+
+## type of arguments
+# TODO
+
+# TODO