[Scilab-users] {EXT} Re: Can you suggest a more efficient procedure for generating random variables?

[Dang Ngoc Chan, Christophe]

Hello,

> De Federico Miyara
> Envoyé : lundi 18 mars 2019 19:24
>
> As you don't know the inverse for any value different from the tabulated
> ones, you just interpolate:
>
> x1 = interp(y, x, y1);

If you considere that the probability distribution function is continuous,
yes, that's a very good solution.
But there might be some cases where you have to stick to a discrete PDF.

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Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan
Mechanical calculation engineer

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