Brownian motion simulation in interval (0,1)

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Hi,
This should be fairly simple, but I haven't found an answer in the forums, maybe I´m not searching correctly. Anyway, I´m trying to simulate a normal random correlation curve, so I imagined just to simulate a Brownian motion in a given interval. How can I simulate a Brownian motion which values only stay in the interval [-1,1] or [0,1]? I just need it to be so that if a value reaches 1 (or -1), the next value rebounds with probability 1 to the other direction. Can someone please show me the way?
Most appreciated! Alberto

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 27 Sep 2013
See my random walk demo attached below.
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Alberto Navarro
Alberto Navarro on 27 Sep 2013
Thanks, but that doesn't really solve my question. I understand the procedure and i could turn it into one dimension, but I need a normal distribution, and I just need a vector where the trajectory doesn't surpass -1 or 1. Yours used a uniformly distributed values in the interval [-0.5,0.5].
Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 27 Sep 2013
It wasn't intended to completely solve your problem. It was intended to be a starting point that you could adapt to your problem if you were having trouble starting your project. It should be easy enough to get random numbers, even normally distributed ones, in the range -0.5 to +0.5. If you don't want to do that and need someone to completely solve your problem for you, you can visit fiverr for a cheap solution, or attach your code here and point out where there are problems. Include any error messages, if any.

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