Questions tagged [distribution]

This tag concerns statistical distributions, their implementations, and properties.

In scientific software for statistical computing and graphics, many common statistical distributions are supported. See the documentation from ?Distribution. Additionally, the CRAN task review for distributions lists numerous packages for addition features.

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The reverse/inverse of the normal distribution function in R

To plot a normal distribution curve in R we can use: (x = seq(-4,4, length=100)) y = dnorm(x) plot(x, y) If dnorm calculates y as a function of x, does R have a function that calculates x as a function of y? If not what is the best way to…
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How to draw a standard normal distribution in R

Possible Duplicate: Making a standard normal distribution in R Using R, draw a standard normal distribution. Label the mean and 3 standard deviations above and below the (10) mean. Include an informative title and labels on the x and y…
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How to distribute multiple versions of my app?

I want to distribute two versions of my app, the stable branch as well as the current development trunk, using TestFlight. And, if possible, I want to invite the testers only once. Can I have two versions of one app in one TestFlight team? Or maybe…
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How can I package a Java desktop application?

I am working on a simple desktop java application. I would like to make it as seamless to install for end users as possible. E.g. similar to how Minecraft is distributed - a simple executable for OS X and an EXE file for Windows. What tool should I…
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iOS Enterprise Program vs. iOS Developer Program

I am facing some issues related with iOS Developer program and iOS Enterprise Program. One of my client ask me to suggest one of them. Please answer my questions related to iOS Enterprise Program- If i purchase an iOS Enterprise account so when it…
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How to generate three random numbers, whose sum is 1?

I need to generate 3 random numbers, the amount of which is equal to 1. My implementation does not support uniform distribution. :(
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Why do I get "unable to download" at the end of a wireless iOS app distribution?

I'm developing an iOS app for iPhone and iPad. It runs great on the simulators and actual devices. It installs without error using both iTunes and the iPhone Configuration Utility. I cannot, however, seem to get wireless distribution to work…
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Fitting a zero inflated poisson distribution in R

I have a vector of count data that is strongly over dispersed and zero inflated. The vector looks like this: i.vec=c(0,63,1,4,1,44,2,2,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,1,11,1,1,0,0,0,2) m=mean(i.vec) #…
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How do I found out which node an Erlang process (PID) is running on?

Given that I can send PIDs from a process to an other, even across nodes, if I receive a Pid from a process within a different process (possibly on a different node) how do I find out which node the PID in question runs…
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When is it (not) appropriate to bundle dependencies with an application?

Summary I recently had a conversation with the creator of a framework that one of my applications depends on. During that conversation he mentioned as a sort of aside that it would make my life simpler if I just bundled his framework with my…
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Sell Windows Phone 7 Apps outside of App Hub

Is it possible to (legally) sell WP7 apps outside of Microsoft's App Hub? Are there license restrictions to this? Is it ideal to even approach app distribution in such a manner (i.e., are there other sites/services that are easily accessible by WP7…
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How to capture video using JMF, but without installing JMF

A videoconferencing project I was working on used JMF to capture video and audio, and transmit it to another endpoint. An issue was that my team didn't want the user of the product to have to install JMF. I thought it might be worthwhile to share…
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Find local maximums in numpy array

I am looking to find the peaks in some gaussian smoothed data that I have. I have looked at some of the peak detection methods available but they require an input range over which to search and I want this to be more automated than that. These…
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How to generate random points in a circular distribution

I am wondering how i could generate random numbers that appear in a circular distribution. I am able to generate random points in a rectangular distribution such that the points are generated within the square of (0 <= x < 1000, 0 <= y < 1000): …
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Entitlements.plist not created properly

reading the doc from apple I need to create an ad-hoc distribution app, and to do so I need the entitlements.plist. when i create a new entitlement, the value "get-task-allow" is not present, so I added by hand.. is right?? at the end the…
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