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An error in the Kinderman–Ramage method and how to fix it

Authors :
Peter Dalgaard
Josef Leydold
Wolfgang Hörmann
Günter Tirler
Source :
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 47:433-440
Publication Year :
2004
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2004.

Abstract

An error in the Gaussian random variate generator by Kinderman and Ramage is described that results in the generation of random variates with an incorrect distribution. An additional statement that corrects the original algorithm is given.

Details

ISSN :
01679473
Volume :
47
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2f62f16e7ac055cf915c6f4ae8f2b093
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2003.11.019