rdirichlet {bmixture}

Random generation for the Dirichlet distribution

Description

Random generation from the Dirichlet distribution.

Usage

 rdirichlet( n = 10, alpha = c( 1, 1 ) ) 

Arguments

n

number of observations.

alpha

vector of shape parameters.

Details

The Dirichlet distribution is the multidimensional generalization of the beta distribution.

Value

A matrix with n rows, each containing a single Dirichlet random deviate.

Author(s)

Reza Mohammadi [e-mail]

See Also

Beta

Examples

  draws = rdirichlet( n = 500, alpha = c( 1, 1, 1 ) )
  
  boxplot( draws )