Re: st: Question regarding Gamma distribution and its implementation

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 01:35 PM 9/29/2006, tiago.pereira@incor.usp.br wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I�m geneticist. Hence, sorry for the dummy questions.
>
> I have to generate a new variable using a set of parameters.
>
> The new variable is generated as follows:
>
> ((z^y)/(gamma(y,z)))* integral of x^y-1 * exp^-zx dx from c to infinity,
> where
>
> z, y, c  are values previously calculated
>
> gamma is the Gamma distribution with parameters y and z.
Not sure if this is what you want, but you might 
check out Joe Hilbe's -rnd- command, available from SSC.


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