Re: [R] Generate quasi-random positive numbers

2014-08-05 Thread Ted Harding
On 05-Aug-2014 10:27:54 Frederico Mestre wrote: Hello all: Is it possible to generate quasi-random positive numbers, given a standard deviation and mean? I need all positive values to have the same probability of selection (uniform distribution). Something like: runif(10, min = 0, max =

Re: [R] Generate quasi-random positive numbers

2014-08-05 Thread Martyn Byng
Hi, As a slight aside, did you mean pseudo-random or quasi-random? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-discrepancy_sequence runif gives a sequence of pseudo-random numbers, for quasi-random numbers you will need something else, for