Re: Poisson random numbers
- Subject: [mg3069] Re: Poisson random numbers
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:48:48 -0600
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In article <4efb48$rp7 at dragonfly.wri.com>, onm010 at uni-essen.de (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller) wrote: > Does anybody have a Poisson random number generator or do I have to write > my own? I could not find anything on MathSource. > > Stefan > > -- > Dr. Stefan P. Mueller, Nuklearmedizin, Universitaetsklinikum, Essen, > e-mail: onm010 at uni-essen.de, phone: <49> 201/ 723-4179, FAX: -5964 You can do this using the built in Random function together with the PoissonDistribution function defined in Statistics`DiscreteDistributions`, one of the standard packages distributed with Mathematica. For example, after loading the DiscreteDistributions package Needs[ "Statistics`DidcreteDistributions`" ] The command Random[ PoissonDistribution[ 1 ] ] will generate a pseudorandom number with a Poisson distribution. For further details refer to The Guide to Standard Mathematica Packages Technical Report. I hope this helps. --Ian ----------------------------------------------------------- Ian Collier Technical Sales Support Wolfram Research, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------- tel:(217) 398-0700 fax:(217) 398-0747 ianc at wri.com Wolfram Research Home Page: http://www.wri.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------