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A completion simulator for the two-sided truncated normal distribution

Genetics Selection Evolution volume 32, Article number: 631 (2000) Cite this article

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This paper presents simulation formulae of two-sided truncated normal random variables using a completion distribution and its two corresponding conditionals generated via a Gibbs sampler. This procedure extends formulae given by Robert and Casella for the one-sided case.

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  1. Station de génétique quantitative et appliquée, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, 78352, Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France

    Jean-Louis Foulley

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Foulley, JL. A completion simulator for the two-sided truncated normal distribution. Genet Sel Evol 32, 631 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-32-6-631

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