simulating a Poisson Forest
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg2871] simulating a Poisson Forest
- From: deb at Alceon.com (David E. Burmaster)
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 03:33:01 -0500
Dear MathGroupers
Does anyone know a simple algorithm to simulate a "Poisson Forest" of
random points inside a rectangle in a plane?
If each coordinate in the {x, y}-pairs is drawn from an independent Uniform
distribution, will that create a Poisson forest?
Happy New Year to all!
Dave
David E. Burmaster
Alceon Corporation
Cambridge, MA, USA
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