A Comparison of Two Methods for Generating Data That Follow The Lindley Distribution

Macaulay Okwuokenye, Karl E. Peace

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Abstract

The composition approach is a convenient method for generating data that follows the Lindley distribution, but it might be unsuitable in some settings such as when incorporating covariate information.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
Volume3
StatePublished - Dec 1 2012

Disciplines

  • Biostatistics
  • Environmental Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health

Keywords

  • composition
  • generating lindley distribution
  • generating random variable
  • inverse transform
  • lindley distribution
  • simulation

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