demgauss

Purpose

Demonstrate sampling from Gaussian distributions.

Synopsis

demgauss

Description

demgauss provides a simple illustration of the generation of data from Gaussian distributions. It first samples from a one-dimensional distribution using randn, and then plots a normalized histogram estimate of the distribution using histp together with the true density calculated using gauss.

demgauss then demonstrates sampling from a Gaussian distribution in two dimensions. It creates a mean vector and a covariance matrix, and then plots contours of constant density using the function gauss. A sample of points drawn from this distribution, obtained using the function gsamp, is then superimposed on the contours.

See Also

gauss, gsamp, histp
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Copyright (c) Ian T Nabney (1996-9)