[R] Sum(Random Numbers)=100

[Hanke, Alex]

Hi Peng,
Does this help?
sum(diff(c(0,sort(sample(seq(1,99,1),50,replace=T)),100)))
Regards
Alex

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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Peng Jiang
Sent: July 8, 2008 3:57 AM
To: m_olshansky at yahoo.com
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Sum(Random Numbers)=100

Hi,
   I am afraid there is no other way except using brute force, that is , loop until their sum reaches your expectation.
  it is easy to figure out this probability by letting their sum to be a new random variable Z and Z = X_1 + \ldots + X_n
  where X_i ~ Poisson({\lambda}_i) . By calculating their moment generate function we can find the pmf of Z which is a new Poisson random variable with the parameter \sum_{i}{{\lambda}_i}.

  and Moshe Olshansky's method  is also correct except it is based on the conditioning.
On 2008-7-8, at 下午1:58, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:
On 2008-7-8, at 下午2:39, Moshe Olshansky wrote:

> If they are really random you can not expect their sum to be 100.
> However, it is not difficult to get that given that the sum of n 
> independent Poisson random variables equals N, any individual one has 
> the conditional binomial distribution with size = N and p = 1/n, i.e.
> P(Xi=k/Sn=N) = (N over k)*(1/n)^k*((n-1)/n)^(N-k).
> So you can generate X1 binomial with size = 100 and p = 1/50; if X1 = 
> k1 then the sum of the rest 49 must equal 100 - k1, so now you 
> generate X2 binomial with size = 100-k1 and p = 1/49; if X2 = k2 then 
> generate X3 binomial with size = 100 -(k1+k2) and p = 1/48, etc.
>
> Why do you need this?
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/7/08, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth 
> <shubhak at ambaresearch.com
> > wrote:
>
>> From: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak at ambaresearch.com>
>> Subject: [R] Sum(Random Numbers)=100
>> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Received: Tuesday, 8 July, 2008, 3:58 PM Hi R,
>>
>>
>>
>> I need to generate 50 random numbers (preferably poisson),
>> such that
>> their sum is equal to 100. How do I do this?
>>
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>> Thank you,
>>
>> Shubha
>>
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Peng Jiang 江鹏 ,Ph.D. Candidate
Antai College of Economics & Management
安泰经济管理学院
Department of Mathematics
数学系
Shanghai Jiaotong University (Minhang Campus)
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