rndnb

Purpose

Computes pseudo-random numbers with negative binomial distribution.

Format

x = rndnb(r, c, k, p)

Parameters:

• r (scalar) – number of rows of resulting matrix.

• c (scalar) – number of columns of resulting matrix.

• k (MxN matrix) – ExE conformable with r x c resulting matrix, “event” parameters for negative binomial distribution.

• p (KxL matrix) – ExE conformable with r x c resulting matrix, “probability” parameters for negative binomial distribution.

Returns:

x (RxC matrix) – negative binomial distributed pseudo-random numbers.

Remarks

The properties of the pseudo-random numbers in x are:

Examples

// Set seed for repeatable output
rndseed 12345;

// Generate a 3x2 matrix of negative binomial
// random numbers with k = 5 and p = 0.3
x = rndnb(3, 2, 5, 0.3);
print x;

After the code above, x is:

0.0000000        0.0000000
2.0000000        2.0000000
5.0000000        0.0000000

Source

random.src