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ST_Ordered: Simulating Random Observations from an Arbitrary Distribution

Description

An implementation of the algorithm for simulation of observations from an arbitrary discrete distribution is provided here.

Usage

ST_Ordered(N, x, p_x)

Arguments

N
number of required random observations
x
the possible values of the RV
p_x
the probability vector associated with x

See Also

sample

Examples

Run this code
N <- 1e4
x <- 1:10
p_x <- c(0.05,0.17,0.02,0.14,0.11,0.06,0.05,0.04,0.17,0.19)
table(ST_Ordered(N, x, p_x))

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