Exponential random number generation
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hi,
How to generate the exponential random numbers from uniform random number generator?
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the cyclist
2012년 1월 27일
lambda = 2;
x = -log(rand(1,1000000)/lambda)
x will be exponentially distributed. See, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_distribution#Generating_exponential_variates
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James Tursa
2012년 1월 27일
Theoretically, one can invert the Cumulative Distribution Function and then plug uniform random numbers into that. Inverting the CDF is not always easy to accomplish, however.
the cyclist
2012년 1월 27일
+1 to what James just wrote. If you search "generate random variate", you will find plenty to read. The book (remember those?) "Numerical Recipes" has a digestible discussion of the topic.
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