A First Course In Probability, Global Edition
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Author: Ross, Sheldon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Present a method for simulating a random variable having distribution
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Ch. 10 - The following algorithm will generate a random...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.2PCh. 10 - Give a technique for simulating a random variable...Ch. 10 - Present a method for simulating a random variable...Ch. 10 - Use the inverse transformation method to present...Ch. 10 - Give a method for simulating a random variable...Ch. 10 - Let F be the distribution functionF(x)=xn0x1 a....Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.8PCh. 10 - Suppose we have a method for simulating random...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.10P
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