Sobre la correcta manipulación de números aleatorios

A random number generator is something precious, subtle, and delicate that it is worth to treat it carefully to avoid losing its properties. In many situations a pseudorandom number generator with uniform probability distribution is available and it is desired to adapt it for generating another kind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Guerrero, Fabio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Repositorio:RED: Repositorio Educativo Digital UAO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:red.uao.edu.co:10614/156
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10614/156
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Números aleatorios
Muestreo (Estadística)
Numbers, Random
Sampling (Statistics)
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Sumario:A random number generator is something precious, subtle, and delicate that it is worth to treat it carefully to avoid losing its properties. In many situations a pseudorandom number generator with uniform probability distribution is available and it is desired to adapt it for generating another kind of distributions. In this article the most common errors made trying to achieve this goal, as well as a method to avoid making these mistakes are presented using a pair of simple examples.