The Generation of Poisson Random Deviates.

Abstract

Three approximation methods for generating outcomes on Poisson random variables are discussed. A comparison is made to determine which method requires the least computer execution time and to determine which is the most robust approximation. Results of the comparison study suggest the method to choose for the generating procedure depends on the mean value of Poisson random variable which is being generated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783785

Entities

People

  • Chae Ha Pak

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Demography
  • Mathematics
  • Random Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Regression Analysis.