Timeline for How to generate numbers based on an arbitrary discrete distribution?
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| Apr 22, 2012 at 18:15 | comment | added | Dominic Comtois | I am thinking you might get some good (better) advice on Stack Overflow, since there probably exists some well-known solutions for this specific purpose. I suggest also including the info from your last comment directly into your question. | |
| Apr 21, 2012 at 6:49 | comment | added | mpiktas | @furtivefelon, you can always port the code from R, o figure out the algorithm from the code and reimplement it. | |
| Apr 21, 2012 at 2:25 | comment | added | FurtiveFelon | It is for voting. For example, I have a bunch of photos, and i can only show 6 to a user at a time, i would like to incorporate the "best" to a user at a time, and the user can vote up or down on each photo. The simplest solution that could work right now is the scheme i outlined (each number represent a photo, every down vote would decrease the probability on that photo, and increase on everything else) | |
| Apr 21, 2012 at 0:07 | comment | added | Dominic Comtois | Hmmm ok... Knowing a little more about what you want to do would help us guide you. Can you tell us more about it? (Purpose, context, etc.) | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 23:45 | comment | added | FurtiveFelon | Personally, i would prefer an algorithm (or somewhere to learn the necessary knowledge), since I am trying to incorporate this into an app that I am building :) Thanks a lot for your answer though :) | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 23:28 | history | answered | Dominic Comtois | CC BY-SA 3.0 |