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Simulating theta random variates

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We develop an exact simple random variate generator for the theta distribution, which occurs as the limit distribution of the height of nearly all models of uniform random trees. Even though the density is only known as an infinite sum of functions, our algorithm does not require any summation.

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  • Devroye, Luc, 1997. "Simulating theta random variates," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 275-279, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:31:y:1997:i:4:p:275-279
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    1. Devroye, Luc, 2009. "On exact simulation algorithms for some distributions related to Jacobi theta functions," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 79(21), pages 2251-2259, November.

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