Access every method through the namespace form Numeric.random.method.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| beta | Produces variates with the given shape parameters. |
| binomial | Produces counts of successes across fixed trials. |
| byte | Fills a byte buffer with uniform random values. |
| cauchy | Produces heavy tailed variates around the origin. |
| chisquare | Produces sums of squared standard normal variates. |
| choice | Selects entries with or without replacement. |
| dirichlet | Produces probability vectors from given concentration values. |
| exp | Produces variates with the given scale parameter. |
| fdist | Produces variance ratio variates from given degrees of freedom. |
| gamma | Produces variates with the given shape and scale. |
| geometric | Produces counts of trials before the first success. |
| gumbel | Produces extreme value variates with the given location. |
| integer | Produces integers within an inclusive range. |
| laplace | Produces symmetric variates around the given center. |
| logistic | Produces variates around the given center. |
| logseries | Produces counts drawn from a logarithmic distribution. |
| multinomial | Produces counts across several outcome categories. |
| normal | Produces variates around the given center. |
| pareto | Produces heavy tailed variates above one. |
| permute | Shuffles an array or generates a random permutation. |
| poisson | Produces counts of events in an interval. |
| power | Produces variates from a power law distribution. |
| rayleigh | Produces magnitudes of two dimensional normal vectors. |
| seed | Builds a deterministic generator from an integer seed. |
| shuffle | Rearranges entries using a Fisher-Yates pass. |
| student | Produces heavy tailed variates with given freedom. |
| triangular | Produces variates between the bounds and the mode. |
| uniform | Produces variates spread evenly over the given range. |
| vonmises | Produces circular variates around the given mean angle. |
| wald | Produces positive variates with the given mean. |
| weibull | Produces positive variates with the given shape. |
| zipf | Produces rank weighted variates from the given exponent. |