ST_Ordered function

Simulating Random Observations from an Arbitrary Distribution

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

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

Author(s)

Prabhanjan N. Tattar

See Also

sample

Examples

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))