poisdev

double poisdev(double m, long* seed);

Returns an poisson distributed deviate with mean m, using RAND(idum) as the source of uniform deviates.

Parameters:
mMean parameter.
seedRandom number generator seed.

Returns:
The next random number from the generator.

Usage:
Initialization of the generator depends on the implementation of RAND choosen by the user. To generate the next random number simply call
double r = poisdev(10.0, &seed)

Header:
#include "deviate.h"

See also:
RAND