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From: Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>
Subject: Re: Discrete random with given distribution ?
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:23:34 -0500
Date: 2002-06-13T17:23:34-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D091B66.B8F0933F@despammed.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D08C94B.A50AECFE@acm.org


> This can never return C. F <= 1.0, and for many generators, F < 1.0.
> Also, if F = 0.9, this returns A.
> 
> I suspect you need
> 
> F < Threshold (I)

I suspect you're right.  Coding error.
The (intended) method is valid.

-- 
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau



  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-13 22:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-13 12:10 Discrete random with given distribution ? Reinert Korsnes
2002-06-13 13:35 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-13 12:49   ` Reinert Korsnes
2002-06-13 14:25 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-13 16:10   ` Kevin Rigotti
2002-06-13 16:33   ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-13 22:23     ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2002-06-14  8:01     ` Gautier
2002-06-13 18:01   ` tmoran
2002-06-14  7:20     ` Reinert Korsnes
2002-06-14 18:49       ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-14 21:12         ` tmoran
2002-06-16 22:12           ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-17  5:01             ` tmoran
2002-06-17 16:15               ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-17 18:17                 ` tmoran
2002-06-18 19:22                   ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-19  0:34                     ` tmoran
2002-06-19  0:53                       ` tmoran
2002-06-19  5:13                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-14 10:01 ` Gautier
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2002-06-14 22:56 Gautier direct_replies_not_read
2002-06-14 23:10 ` tmoran
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