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GammaDist_Rand

Function GammaDist_Rand - Generate random Gamma distributed reals

Calling Sequence  Rand(GammaDist(p))
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

p nonnegative 
Return Type  nonnegative
Synopsis This function returns a random Gamma distributed number with average p and variance p. The sum of two Gamma distributed random variables with parameters p and q is a Gamma distributed variable with parameter p+q. We have to call this function GammaDist to prevent the collision with the Gamma function. GammaDist_Rand uses Rand() which can be seeded by either the function SetRand or SetRandSeed.
References Handbook of Mathematical functions, Abramowitz and Stegun, 26.1.32
Examples
> Rand(GammaDist(3));
4.2584
> Rand(GammaDist(100));
104.3901
See also Beta_Rand,   Binomial_Rand,   ChiSquare_Rand,   CreateRandSeq,   Cumulative,   Exponential_Rand,   FDist_Rand,   Geometric_Rand,   Graph_Rand,   Multinomial_Rand,   Normal_Rand,   Poisson_Rand,   SetRand,   SetRandSeed,   Shuffle,   StatTest,   Std_Score,   Student_Rand,   Zscore