CircStats (version 0.2-6)

rtri: Random Generation from the Triangular Distribution

Description

Generates pseudo-random numbers from a symmetric triangular distribution.

Usage

rtri(n, r)

Arguments

n

number of random variables to generate.

r

concentration parameter of the distribution. r must be between 0 and \(4/pi^2\).

Value

Returns a vector of n independent random variables generated from a symmetric triangular distribution with mean direction 0 and concentration parameter r.

Details

The triangular cdf is inverted to obtain the random numbers.

References

Jammalamadaka, S. Rao and SenGupta, A. (2001). Topics in Circular Statistics, Section 2.3.3, World Scientific Press, Singapore.

See Also

dtri