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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: deviates from various distr
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 21:35:55 EDT
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> 
> 	I am looking for references to papers describing how one may generate
> random deviates from various distributions (for example, normal, Poisson)
> using a uniform random number generator. As many of you may know, micro-
> computers have built-in random number generators. However, these only
> produce deviates which are uniform and in the range [0,1]. Thus, one must
> use some "trick" to get deviates from other distributions.
> 
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>        	{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!utcsstat!anthony
>         {ihnp4|decvax|utzoo|utcsrgv}!utcs!utzoo!utcsstat!anthony

I'd like to hear about this too.

Keith Doyle
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