A computer program for the generation of random variables from any discrete distribution

DOI10.1080/00949657208810026zbMath0249.65004OpenAlexW2079843777MaRDI QIDQ5663295

James E. Norman, L. E. Cannon

Publication date: 1972

Published in: Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00949657208810026

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Random number generation in numerical analysis (65C10)

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• Generating discrete random variables in a computer