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bayesm (version 2.0-9)

rdirichlet: Draw From Dirichlet Distribution

Description

rdirichlet draws from Dirichlet

Usage

rdirichlet(alpha)

Arguments

alpha
vector of Dirichlet parms (must be > 0)

Value

  • Vector of draws from Dirichlet

concept

  • dirichlet distribution
  • simulation

Warning

This routine is a utility routine that does not check the input arguments for proper dimensions and type.

References

For further discussion, see Bayesian Statistics and Marketing by Rossi, Allenby and McCulloch, Chapter 2. http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/peter.rossi/research/bsm.html

Examples

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set.seed(66)
rdirichlet(c(rep(3,5)))

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