From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55410 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Arnold Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Random numbers in metapost Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:08:34 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262243335 1182 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2009 07:08:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:08:55 +0000 (UTC) To: Context Mailing List List Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Dec 31 08:08:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NQF9J-00071M-UT for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81426C9CE3; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:44 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bXeSpakDN8ri; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D82DC9CCE; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75422C9CCE for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:39 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id jKafrrSR4BEx for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from omta01.suddenlink.net (omta01-pub.suddenlink.net [208.180.40.73]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9693CC9CA0 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:08:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.6] (really [75.111.18.179]) by omta01.suddenlink.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20091231070835.TUTB20088.omta01.suddenlink.net@[10.0.1.6]> for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:08:35 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55410 Archived-At: Hi, Does anyone have any strategies for drawing random numbers from various statistics distributions in Metapost? For example, say, drawing 100 random numbers from a beta distribution? David ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________