Accurate probably depends on what exactly you want to accomplish with the simulation, but one simple approach would be to generate more data than you need from a regular Poisson distribution, then throw away the extreme values on both sides.
-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > project.org] On Behalf Of René Holst > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:40 AM > To: R-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Simulating underdispersed counts > > Hello, > > Anyone who knows a fast and accurate algorithm for generating draws > from an underdispersed Poisson distribution. Or even better, if there > is a package containing such an implementation. > > Thanks > > Rene > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
