Re: RandomArray from user defined distribution?
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- Subject: [mg73344] Re: RandomArray from user defined distribution?
- From: "Ray Koopman" <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:57:32 -0500 (EST)
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On Feb 12, 2:02 am, rob <r... at piovere.com> wrote:
> I'd like to use the RandomArray to produce some data from
> what I think is a Poisson distribution in t
> P[t] = a^2 t Exp[-a*t] where a is mean, sigma.
>
> I see one can use RandomArray to produce sample data from a
> lot of continuous distributions but the Poisson isn't among
> them (it's only available in the discrete form).
>
> I've made a bunch of crippled attempts to force my P[t] to
> put out examples but have failed. Any suggestions? Thanks.
P[t] is the pdf of a continuous random variable on {0,Infinity},
but its mean is 2/a and its variance is 2/a^2.
In[1]:= P[t] = a^2 t Exp[-a*t];
In[2]:= Assuming[a > 0, Integrate[P[t],{t,0,Infinity}]]
Out[2]= 1
In[3]:= Assuming[a > 0, Integrate[t P[t],{t,0,Infinity}]]
Out[3]= 2/a
In[4]:= Assuming[a > 0, Integrate[(t-2/a)^2 P[t],{t,0,Infinity}]]
Out[4]= 2/a^2
It's certainly not a Poisson distribution. What are you trying to do?