Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution
| From: | AmirBehzad Eslami | Date: | Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:28:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Dear list,
For some computer-based simulation, i need to
generate random numbers that have a normal distribution.
It seems that PHP's rand() and mt_rand() functions return
uniformly distributed numbers which is not suitable for
simulation purposes.
Is there any way to generate random numbers with
normal distribution in PHP?
Thanks in advance
-abe