10.1. randomVariable command

randomVariable(tag, dist, '-mean', mean, '-stdv', stdv, '-startPoint', startPoint, '-parameters', *params)

Create a random variable with user specified distribution

tag (int) random variable tag
dist (str)

random variable distribution

  • 'normal'
  • 'lognormal'
  • 'gamma'
  • 'shiftedExponential'
  • 'shiftedRayleigh'
  • 'exponential'
  • 'rayleigh'
  • 'uniform'
  • 'beta'
  • 'type1LargestValue'
  • 'type1SmallestValue'
  • 'type2LargestValue'
  • 'type3SmallestValue'
  • 'chiSquare'
  • 'gumbel'
  • 'weibull'
  • 'laplace'
  • 'pareto'
mean (float) mean value
stdv (float) standard deviation
startPoint (float) starting point of the distribution
params (list (int)) a list of parameter tags