Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear All > > I would like to know whether it is possible with R to define a > discrete random variable different from the ones already defined > inside R and generate random numbers from that user-defined > distribution.
Yes. One generic way is to specify the quantile function (as in qpois() etc.) and do qfun(runif(N)). -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
