public virtual int NextBinomial(
	int n,
	double p
)

Public Overridable Function NextBinomial ( 
	n As Integer,
	p As Double
) As Integer

public:
virtual int NextBinomial(
	int n, 
	double p
)

abstract NextBinomial : 
        n : int * 
        p : float -> int 
override NextBinomial : 
        n : int * 
        p : float -> int 

Parameters

n

Type: SystemInt32
A int which specifies the number of Bernoulli trials.

p

Type: SystemDouble
A double which specifies the probability of success on each trial, .

Return Value

NextBinomial generates pseudorandom numbers from a Binomial distribution with parameters n and p. n and p must be positive, and p must be less than 1. The probability function (with n = n and p = p) is

for .

The algorithm used depends on the values of n and p. If or if p is less than a machine epsilon, the inverse CDF technique is used; otherwise, the BTPE algorithm of Kachitvichyanukul and Schmeiser (see Kachitvichyanukul 1982) is used. This is an acceptance/rejection method using a composition of four regions. (TPE equals Triangle, Parallelogram, Exponential, left and right.)

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