Thanks guys, Unfortunately I need the nonintegral version which I believe is a ratio of gamma funcions - I'll have to look it up.
The R route is not viable for me unless R can be installed without admin rights. The last time I looked one of the R interfaces was COM based which requires registry entries. It's easier for me to write my own that go through all the bullshit required to install software on company machines. One of the pleasing reactions of the ever increasing levels of corporate software management paranoia is the development of install packages that no longer require elevated rights. J is a good example. With the exception of the COM server J can be dropped anywhere without filling out SOX forms. "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your ... spam filters" On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com>wrote: > Do you only need integer values for the one parameter? > If so, there is a half page, 7 step, algorithm in my old copy of Fishman's > simulation text I can photocopy for you. He has two other algorithm that > require more complex computations such as Cauchy and Gamma and Poisson > variates. > > > > > -- > (B=) <-----my sig > Brian Schott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- John D. Baker bakerj...@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
