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Random Number Generation Functions

The following table lists the supported distributions and their respective random number generation functions. For more information on other functions for each distribution, see Supported Distributions. For more information on random number generators, see Random Number Generators.

DistributionRandom Number Generation Function
Betabetarnd, random, randtool
Binomialbinornd, random, randtool
Chi-squarechi2rnd, random, randtool
Clayton copulacopularnd
Exponentialexprnd, random, randtool
Extreme valueevrnd, random, randtool
Ffrnd, random, randtool
Frank copulacopularnd
Gammagamrnd, randg, random, randtool
Gaussian copulacopularnd
Gaussian mixturerandom
Generalized extreme valuegevrnd, random, randtool
Generalized Paretogprnd, random, randtool
Geometricgeornd, random, randtool
Gumbel copulacopularnd
Hypergeometrichygernd, random
Inverse Wishartiwishrnd
Johnson systemjohnsrnd
Lognormallognrnd, random, randtool
Multinomialmnrnd
Multivariate normalmvnrnd
Multivariate tmvtrnd
Negative binomialnbinrnd, random, randtool
Noncentral chi-squarencx2rnd, random, randtool
Noncentral Fncfrnd, random, randtool
Noncentral tnctrnd, random, randtool
Normal (Gaussian)normrnd, randn, random, randtool
Pearson systempearsrnd
Piecewiserandom
Poissonpoissrnd, random, randtool
Rayleighraylrnd, random, randtool
Student's ttrnd, random, randtool
t copulacopularnd
Uniform (continuous)unifrnd, rand, random
Uniform (discrete)unidrnd, random, randtool
Weibullwblrnd, random
Wishartwishrnd

  


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