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Indexed search,Ripley also called the cutpoint method,Fishman is an algorithm for discrete-distribution pseudo-random number sampling, invented by Chen and Asau in 1974.

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Chen | first1 = H. C.

| last2 = Asau | first2 = Y.

| doi = 10.1080/05695557408974949

| title = On Generating Random Variates from an Empirical Distribution

| journal = AIIE Transactions

| volume = 6

| issue = 2

| pages = 163–166

| year = 1974

}}

  • Fishman, G.S. (1996) Monte Carlo. Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications. New York: Springer.
  • Ripley, B. D. (1987) Stochastic Simulation. Wiley. {{ISBN|0-471-81884-4}}

Category:Non-uniform random numbers