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changeset 8497:63d2f6508dde
[docs] Ziggurat technique => ``Ziggurat technique''
| author | Brian Gough <bjg@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:27:17 -0500 |
| parents | caaad80e81aa |
| children | 5837f2a73a51 |
| files | src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc Tue Jan 13 00:27:13 2009 -0500 +++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc Tue Jan 13 00:27:17 2009 -0500 @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ elements having zero mean and variance one. The arguments are\n\ handled the same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\ \n\ -By default, @code{randn} uses a Marsaglia and Tsang Ziggurat technique to\n\ +By default, @code{randn} uses the Marsaglia and Tsang ``Ziggurat technique'' to\n\ transform from a uniform to a normal distribution. (G. Marsaglia and\n\ W.W. Tsang, @cite{Ziggurat method for generating random variables},\n\ J. Statistical Software, vol 5, 2000,\n\ @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Return a matrix with exponentially distributed random elements. The\n\ arguments are handled the same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\ \n\ -By default, @code{randn} uses a Marsaglia and Tsang Ziggurat technique to\n\ +By default, @code{randn} uses the Marsaglia and Tsang ``Ziggurat technique'' to\n\ transform from a uniform to a exponential distribution. (G. Marsaglia and\n\ W.W. Tsang, @cite{Ziggurat method for generating random variables},\n\ J. Statistical Software, vol 5, 2000,\n\