Stochastic Distribution Types

The types of probability distributions provided by GoldSim are listed below.

The fields that appear in the Parameters section of the Stochastic dialog will change with the distribution type.

The required inputs for each of the distributions types are summarized in the topics below. An example file which uses all of the Stochastic elements (Distributions.gsm) is in the General Examples/Stochastic folder in your GoldSim directory (accessed by selecting File | Open Example... from the main menu). The mathematical details of each of the distributions are provided in Appendix B of the GoldSim User’s Guide.

Note: As a general rule, you should not specify the parameters of a distribution as a function of time, since GoldSim does automatically resample the distribution unless you specifically instruct GoldSim to do so.