Random Number and Variate Generation

This repository hosts code to generate random numbers and random variate for the purpose of modelling and simulation.

Generating random numbers

For random numbers using combined linear congruential:

$ python3 generate_rand.py

For poisson random numbers:

$ python3 generate_poisson.py

Results

Plot of user defined random numbers

Plot of python's inbuilt random generator

Files

• generate_poisson.py - Generates Poisson random variables to file data/poisson-rvar.xlsx
• generate_rand.py - Generates random variables to file data/RandNum.xlsx
• modelling.py - Generates AAWT using terminal input
• modelling_ip_op.py - Generates AAWT using random numbers and input from data/input.csv to data/output.csv
• randomnum.py - Code to generate random numbers using linear and combined linear congruential
• rvariate.py - Code to generate poisson random numbers

randomnum.py

All functions inside randomnum.py are defined below with their parameters:

Function	Parameters	Use
setSeed	Seed value	Sets seed for linear congruential
linCong	None	Returns random number using linear congruential
setComSeed	Seed1, Seed2	Sets seed for combined linear congruential
comcong	None	Returns random number using combined linear congruential
storeRand	Number of random variables	Generates file with random numbers using comcong

rvariate.py

All functions inside rvariate.py are defined below with their parameters:

Function	Parameters	Use
poisson	alpha (default = 3.64)	Generates file with poisson random numbers

License

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MIT