• DocumentCode
    1342972
  • Title

    A New Approach to Machine Generation of Random Variables With Any Distribution

  • Author

    Jeswani, P.T. ; Sikdar, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Rochester Products Division of General Motors Corporation; 1000 Lexington Avenue; Rochester, NY 14603 USA.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    55
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    A general procedure for generating a random variable with any distribution is presented. The basis of the procedure is that an event can be expressed as an outcome of two mutually exclusive events. The advantage of this procedure is illustrated with an example. The procedure has been used in Monte Carlo simulation studies of complex manufacturing and testing systems.
  • Keywords
    Analytical models; Computational modeling; Distributed computing; Geometry; H infinity control; Random number generation; Random variables; Reliability theory; System testing; Virtual manufacturing; Pseudo random numbers; Random number generation; Simulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1978.5220240
  • Filename
    5220240