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Pareto Distribution Simulator in PHP
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pareto_in.php
<?php
$pareto_power = log(0.7) / log(1.0-0.7);
function sb_rand_pareto($a, $b) {
global $pareto_power;
return $a + ($b - $a + 1) * pow((double)(rand() % 4294967295) / 4294967295, $pareto_power);
}
for($i=0; $i<=1000; $i++) {
echo sb_rand_pareto(1, 100000) . "\n";
}
?>
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