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Binomial random variate generation

By Voratas Kachitvichyanukul, Bruce W. Schmeiser

Communications of the ACM, Vol. 31 No. 2, Pages 216-222
10.1145/42372.42381



Existing binomial random-variate generators are surveyed, and a new generator designed for moderate and large means is developed. The new algorithm, BTPE, has fixed memory requirements and is faster than other such algorithms, both when single, or when many variates are needed.

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