Uniform | CPN Tools help |
Function for generating values from continuous uniform distributions | CPN ML |
uniform(a:real, b:real) : real
where a<= b
. Returns a drawing from a continuous uniform distribution between a
and b
.
Raises Uniform
exception, if a
>b
.
Mean: | (a+b)/2 |
Variance: | ((b-a)^2)/12 |
Density functions for continuous uniform distributions:
uniform(1.0,10.0)
A person is asked to choose a real number between 1
and 10
. This random variable is uniformly distributed with parameters a=1.0
and b=10.0
.