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11 questions linked to/from How to generate a RandomVariate of a custom distribution?
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Random number generation from a given distribution [duplicate]
Is there any way to obtain random numbers from a user defined continuous distribution in Mathematica?
Thank you very much
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How to use ProbabilityDistribution for a posterior expression [duplicate]
I am performing a Bayesian updating on a Lognormal prior. After combining the prior and likelihood and dividing by the normalization constant I get the following expression as the posterior:
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RandomVariate with a custom distribution [duplicate]
I have a customized distribution and I have to draw some random number from it.
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Circuit drawing in Mathematica
This past semester I taught an introductory electromagnetism course and had quite a nice time using Mathematica to draw all sorts of figures and diagrams (mostly for problems and etc.). However, I was ...
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RandomVariate from 2-dimensional probability distribution
A probability distribution can be created in Mathematica (I am using 8.0.1) with e.g.
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Generate a random PDF
How can I generate a random probability density function $p(x)$ in the domain $[0,1]$? Is there a single Mathematica function to do so?
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Inconsistency in Histogram's "Probability" Binsize
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Let me define a Probability distribution (following the documentation and with some connection to this question)
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Draw from continuous-discrete distribution
I have a random variable with a CDF that is almost everywhere differentiable, but has a point mass somewhere:
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RandomVariate cannot sample from a custom multivariate ProbabilityDistribution
Let us try to define 2D distribution through PDF:
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Generating random numbers from specified distribution under a constraint
I need to generate 500 numbers from a distribution specified. I used the well-known CDF method, but since I'm new to Mathematica, I don't know how to set a condition on the sum of these variables.
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How to simulate with a user specified bivariate continuous probability distribution [duplicate]
I am very new to Mathematica set up and I have the following question: I have a bivariate probability distribution which is a little complicated and of the form:
$$f(x,y)=(a_0+a_1+a_2)\frac{a_1 a_2}{...
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