Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

RandomPoisson ( mean )

Returns random values from a Poisson distribution

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Jeremy Bante   Jeremy Bante

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  Sample input:
List (
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 );
RandomPoisson ( 10 )
)
  Sample output:
8
9
6
13
12
15
9
6
6
11

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

When called repeatedly with the same input, RandomPoisson returns values that are Poisson distributed with mean given by the function argument. This function uses the inverse transform method to generate values.

 

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