Yes the sample method is inherited, but the inverse cumulative distribution function is not.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Paul Rivera <paulriver...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I heard that there's lots of way to sample from a Gamma distribution. What > is commons-math using when I call GammaDistribution.sample()? From the > API, it says that sample() uses the "Inversion method" from: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_transform_sampling > > But this function is inherited from AbstractRealDistribution. Doesn't the > sampling method differ between distributions (e.g. gaussian vs gamma vs > beta vs etc)? > > Best Regards, > Paul >
