tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post4142644586255267934..comments2015-11-04T06:21:25.460+01:00Comments on C.M.'s Science Blog: [MT 6] Continuous Poisson distributionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post-431562944935804772013-03-29T18:30:55.771+01:002013-03-29T18:30:55.771+01:00There is no continuous Poisson distribution. What ...There <i>is</i> no continuous Poisson distribution. What has been discussed is a potential continuous extension of the Poisson. So it is not surprising that MATLAB or R will have only the discrete distribution. However, you may write your own little code to draw samples from a uniform distribution, then apply the inverse function to get random numbers from any distribution you please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post-80322975123651526722009-06-12T14:40:21.452+02:002009-06-12T14:40:21.452+02:00Hi, do you know how to sample from the continuous ...Hi, do you know how to sample from the continuous Poisson distribution, i.e. k is replaced by a continuous variable x?<br /><br />It seems MATLAB or R can only generate random numbers from discrete Poisson distribution. Where is a generator for the continuous version?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587734066802840203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post-52103509443672703502009-06-12T14:39:08.452+02:002009-06-12T14:39:08.452+02:00Hi, do you know how to sample from the continuous ...Hi, do you know how to sample from the continuous Poisson distribution, i.e. k is replaced by a continuous variable x?<br /><br />It seems MATLAB or R can only generate random numbers from discrete Poisson distribution. Where is a generator for the continuous version?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post-50108319533462139592009-06-09T14:40:12.210+02:002009-06-09T14:40:12.210+02:00Great! ThanksGreat! ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550801592154826239.post-88314234777498268472009-03-31T09:57:00.000+02:002009-03-31T09:57:00.000+02:00Hi, what about normalization? I could not find any...Hi, what about normalization? I could not find any analytic result that helped me integrate <I> \lambda^k / \Gamma(k+1) </I>.tomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711368972086055059noreply@blogger.com