draw.zeta: Generates variates from Zeta (Zipf) distribution

In UnivRNG: Univariate Pseudo-Random Number Generation

Description

This function implements pseudo-random number generation for a Zeta (Zipf) distribution with pmf

f(x|α)=\frac{1}{ζ(α)x^{α}}

for x=1,2,3,... and α > 1 where ζ(α)=∑_{x=1}^{∞} x^{-α}.

Usage

draw.zeta(nrep, alpha)

Arguments

nrep	Number of data points to generate.
alpha	Parameter of the desired zeta distribution.

Value

A list of length five containing generated data, the theoretical mean, the empirical mean, the theoretical variance, and the empirical variance with names y, theo.mean, emp.mean, theo.var, and emp.var, respectively.

References

Devroye, L. (1986). Non-Uniform random variate generation. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Examples

draw.zeta(nrep=100000,alpha=4)

UnivRNG documentation built on March 6, 2021, 1:08 a.m.