In:
Journal of Applied Probability, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 17, No. 1 ( 1980-03), p. 102-111
Kurzfassung:
We obtain a representation of an arbitrary discrete distribution with n mass points by an equiprobable mixture of r distributions, each of which has no more than a (≧2) mass points, where r is the smallest integer greater than or equal to ( n – 1)/( a – 1) . An application to the generation of discrete random variables on a computer is described, which has as an important special case Walker's (1977) alias method.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0021-9002
,
1475-6072
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publikationsdatum:
1980
ZDB Id:
1474599-9
ZDB Id:
219147-7
SSG:
3,2
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