R: Random Generation from the Triangular Distribution

rtri {CircStats}

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Random Generation from the Triangular Distribution

Description

Generates pseudo-random numbers from a symmetric triangular distribution.

Usage

rtri(n, r)

Arguments

`n`	number of random variables to generate.
`r`	concentration parameter of the distribution. r must be between 0 and `4/pi^2`.

Details

The triangular cdf is inverted to obtain the random numbers.

Value

Returns a vector of n independent random variables generated from a symmetric triangular distribution with mean direction 0 and concentration parameter r.

References

Jammalamadaka, S. Rao and SenGupta, A. (2001). Topics in Circular Statistics, Section 2.3.3, World Scientific Press, Singapore.