On Jun 12, 3:21 pm, Ian <hobso...@gmaiil.com> wrote: > On 12/06/10 11:05, Javier Montoya wrote:> Dear all, > > > I need to generate a vector of random float numbers between [0,1] such > > that their sum equals 1 and that are distributed non-uniformly. > > Is there any python function that generates such a vector? > > > Best wishes > > Hi Javier, > > The answer to your question is "No", and the reason is that your > requirement is impossible. > > Whatever distribution you choose - and you have not said what you > require - will be altered by any scaling to meet the constraint that the > total is 1. > > What exactly are you trying to achieve? > > Regards > > Ian
Hi Ian, I found that the Dirichlet distribution is suitable for my case. Regards -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
