Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
418247 Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 2007 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper we propose a very convenient way to generate gamma random variables using generalized exponential distribution, when the shape parameter lies between 0 and 1. The new method is compared with the most popular Ahrens and Dieter method and the method proposed by Best. Like Ahrens and Dieter and Best methods our method also uses the acceptance–rejection principle. But it is observed that our method has greater acceptance proportion than Ahrens and Dieter or Best methods.

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