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Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 1-26
  3. Discrete Random Variates

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 83-117
  4. Specialized Algorithms

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 118-205
  5. Uniform and Exponential Spacings

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 206-245
  6. The Poisson Process

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 246-285
  7. Universal Methods

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 286-357
  8. Continuous Univariate Densities

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 379-484
  9. Discrete Univariate Distributions

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 485-553
  10. Multivariate Distributions

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 554-610
  11. Random Sampling

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 611-641
  12. Random Combinatorial Objects

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 642-673
  13. The Random Bit Model

    • Luc Devroye
    Pages 768-783
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 784-843

Keywords

  • Area
  • Generator
  • Random variable
  • computer
  • form
  • model
  • object
  • randomness
  • set
  • variable

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Luc Devroye

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation

  • Authors: Luc Devroye

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8643-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8645-2Published: 18 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8643-8Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 843

  • Topics: Probability Theory

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