zipf_rand(N, expn, M)

Generate random numbers based on Zipf distribution

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Generate random numbers based on Zipf distribution
Author: Tuyen Tran (tuyen.tran@rutgers.edu). Oct 2015
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_law

N Number of Elements
expn Exponent
M Number of sample to be generated (in range [1,N])

Example: zipf_rand(3,1,4)
ans = 3 2 1 1

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Tuyen Tran (2026). zipf_rand(N, expn, M) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/53568-zipf_rand-n-expn-m), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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