Re: [Help-gsl] Random number generation for an arbitary pdf

[Johan van der Walt]

This looks like a reasonable reference:

www.columbia.edu/~mh2078/MCS04/MCS_generate_rv.pdf

On 08/25/2011 07:03 PM, address@hidden wrote:
>   Hello,
>    Is there a way to generate random number for an user defined pdf? For
> example I want to generate random number "x" which follow a distribution
> F(x)=1./Sqrt(x). What if F(x) has a complicated form ?
>
>   regards,
>   Prithwish
>
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