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One suggestion, tranforme the x 0<x1<1.... Tranforme x1=exp(u1)/(exp(u1)+exp(u2)+exp(u3)+1) 0<x2<1.... Tranforme x2=exp(u2)/(exp(u1)+exp(u2)+exp(u3)+1) 0<x3<1.... Tranforme x3=exp(u3)/(exp(u1)+exp(u2)+exp(u3)+1) 0<x4<1.... Tranforme x4= 1/(exp(u1)+exp(u2)+exp(u3)+1) x1+x2+x3+x4=1 Now solve : Aexp(u1)+bexp(u2)+cexp(u3)+d=n(exp(u1)+exp(u2)+exp(u3)+1) (c-n)exp(u3)=(n-a)exp(u1)+(n-b)exp(u2)+n-d u3=ln((n-a)/(c-n)exp(u1)+(n-b)/(c-n)exp(u2)+(n-d)/(c-n)) (u3 expression) Generate u1 Generate u2 bounded so the ln term should be positive (n-a)/(c-n)exp(u1)+(n-b)/(c-n)exp(u2)+(n-d)/(c-n)>0 u > or < ln() (u1 & u2 are not independant) Compute u3 given the above formula Generate the x Hope this help Naji Le 26/03/08 22:41, « Ala' Jaouni » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > X1,X2,X3,X4 should have independent distributions. They should be > between 0 and 1 and all add up to 1. Is this still possible with > Robert's method? > > Thanks > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.