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Article #354Re: Darts
From: Darren O'Shaughnessy
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:00
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:00
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In article <00960A78.F915B0E0@uinpla.npl.uiuc.edu>,
tayloe@uinpla.npl.uiuc.edu (Rex Tayloe) wrote:
>
> Try a gaussian in X and 1 in Y. (not necessarily of the same width). I
> have had a similar experience when trying to monte carlo particle trajectories.
>
> Good Luck,
>
But surely if you treat the X and Y directions as independent, which is
what you are suggesting, the 2D distribution will be somewhat square- or
rectangular- shaped? From experience, the vertical and horizontal errors
have to be (anti-)
correlated to some degree.
Signed,
Pat Rourke (you may not have heard of me)
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Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!manuel!NewsWatcher!user From: dos105@rsphy2.anu.edu.au (Darren O'Shaughnessy) Subject: Re: Darts Message-ID: <dos105-160992120231@150.203.49.43> Followup-To: sci.math.stat Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au Organization: Australian National University References: <dos105-130992174724@150.203.49.43>,<dos105-150992153659@150.203.49.43> <00960A78.F915B0E0@uinpla.npl.uiuc.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 02:00:20 GMT Lines: 17