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Generating Random Numbers from a Generalized Pareto Distribution

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Posted 10 years ago
POSTED BY: Asim Ansari
   CDF[ParetoDistribution[\[Sigma], 1/\[Xi], \[Gamma], \[Mu]], x]

gives the CDF as it says under 'Characterization' on the Wikipedia page. You can use RandomVariate to create random numbers based on this distribution.

POSTED BY: Sander Huisman

Dear Asim, thanks a lot for the answer. Regards, Ruben

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