[R] Create Artificial Binary Matrix based on probability

Tony Plate tplate at acm.org
Tue Nov 3 18:53:34 CET 2009


> x <- matrix(sample(0:1, 1200, replace=T, prob=c(0.952, 0.048)), ncol=30)
> table(x)
x
   0    1 
1131   69 
> x <- matrix(sample(0:1, 1200, replace=T, prob=c(0.952, 0.048)), ncol=30)
> table(x)
x
   0    1 
1151   49 
> 


bikemike42 wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I am trying to create an artificial binary matrix such that each cell has a
> probability of 0.048 of having a 1.  So far the closest I've come is us by
> using a random poisson distribution with a mean of 0.048, but I can't figure
> out how to limit the max value to 1.  Otherwise that would work fine it
> seems.  Any suggestions?
> 
> The main code I've got to create said matrix so far is:
> a<-replicate(26,rpois(57,0.048))
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Mike




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