Re: Option for continuous plot
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- Subject: [mg72921] Re: Option for continuous plot
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:59:28 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ep7ca5$bbd$1@smc.vnet.net>
Virgil Stokes schrieb:
> I have defined the following two functions:
>
> poissonProcess[λ_,n_] := FoldList[Plus,0,Table[-1/λ Log[1-Random[]],{n}]]
>
> showPoissonProcess[λ_,n_,opts___] := With[{pp = poissonProcess[λ,n]},
> Show[Graphics[{AbsoluteThickness[1.5],Table[Line[{{pp[[i]],i-1},{pp[[i+1]],i-1}}],{i,1,n}]}],
> Axes\[Rule]True,opts]];
>
> for plotting a Poisson process; i.e.,
>
> SeedRandom[1];
> showPoissonProcess[4, 20, AspectRatio -> 0.3];
>
> does indeed plot this process. However, I would like to have an option
> that would allow for these horizontal lines to be connected; i.e.,
> produce a continuous curve.
>
> Is there a easy way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> V. Stokes
>
Hi Virgil,
you need only a minor change of your code:
change Table[Line[...],..] to
Line[Flatten[Table[{{pp[[i]],i-1},{pp[[i+1]],i-1}}],{i,1,n}],1]
Peter