On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Rolf Nielsen <listrea...@lazlarlyricon.com> wrote:
> I am working on a project where I have the need to generate normally > distributed random positive integers, preferably unsigned 64 bit (or even > longer if possible) integers. More specifically, I will need the ability to > supply the expected value and the standard deviation for the desired > distribution, so a standard normal distribution will not do. > > Is there anyone out there who knows how to accomplish this? I have no idea > whatsoever, and for all I know there may already be a function that does > this in the math library. I'm quite accomplished when it comes to math, but > strangely I've never programmed computers for it. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generator#Generation_from_a_probability_distribution refers to two methods. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
