In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shareef Siddeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Glen, >Thank you for your advice. In fact I new that I should use the uniform >distribution to select the random value. But for some reason or other, my >brain did not figure out on that day that whether I should use a discrete or a >continuous random number function to select the integer values. It looks like >I could use either one. Cheers. Siddeek
All "continuous" random number generators are really discrete. If you have a generator for which the independence of the individual bits can be trusted, there is a most efficient (in terms of bit usage) manner to generate a discrete random variable, and for integer random variables it can be programmed easily. It will probably run slower on just about any computer. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Deptartment of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
