# HG changeset patch # User Brian Gough # Date 1231824437 18000 # Node ID 63d2f6508dde94311b41a3baa0e10a1d9d9f446c # Parent caaad80e81aa7c1f9f8c1e7a698f046c7d6eb5b8 [docs] Ziggurat technique => ``Ziggurat technique'' diff --git a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc --- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc +++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/rand.cc @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ elements having zero mean and variance one. The arguments are\n\ handled the same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\ \n\ -By default, @code{randn} uses a Marsaglia and Tsang Ziggurat technique to\n\ +By default, @code{randn} uses the Marsaglia and Tsang ``Ziggurat technique'' to\n\ transform from a uniform to a normal distribution. (G. Marsaglia and\n\ W.W. Tsang, @cite{Ziggurat method for generating random variables},\n\ J. Statistical Software, vol 5, 2000,\n\ @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Return a matrix with exponentially distributed random elements. The\n\ arguments are handled the same as the arguments for @code{rand}.\n\ \n\ -By default, @code{randn} uses a Marsaglia and Tsang Ziggurat technique to\n\ +By default, @code{randn} uses the Marsaglia and Tsang ``Ziggurat technique'' to\n\ transform from a uniform to a exponential distribution. (G. Marsaglia and\n\ W.W. Tsang, @cite{Ziggurat method for generating random variables},\n\ J. Statistical Software, vol 5, 2000,\n\