How od i generate random numbers whose sum is constant?
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BHUKYA VENKATESH
on 9 Sep 2022
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on 9 Sep 2022
I want 100 random numbers bu their sum should be same.
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Torsten
on 9 Sep 2022
You want to generate 100 random numbers several times, I guess ? Because if you generate 100 random numbers once, there is only one sum.
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Bruno Luong
on 9 Sep 2022
If the numbers are supposed to be >= 0 with precribed sum, a simple method is
n = 100;
s = 10;
Y = -log(rand(1,n));
X = s * Y ./ sum(Y,2)
sum(X)
The justification of log is from the ubiased conditioning probability that I explain here:
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