From: us on
TideMan <mulgor(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <9267ac3c-bdc7-4582-b2d2-747404c2bc6e(a)y18g2000prn.googlegroups.com>...
> On May 26, 9:22 pm, "Artur Racu" <arturr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "David Young" <d.s.young.notthis...(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message <htio66$ch...(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > I don't know what Eurostag is, but in Matlab the function I would use to generate an approximation to white Gaussian noise is randn.
> >
> > Eurostag is a tool used for dynamic computation of power systems, i want to creat a signal(white gausian noise) so i can make a disturbance in power system and after to analyse different things;
> >
> > for example n=randn(10) if you take the mean of each column you will see that the mean is not zero(for white noise the main roule is t have the mean zero)
> >
> > could you please help me on that,
> >
> > thank you
>
> Oh, don't be so silly!!
> Of course the mean will be different from zero with only 10 numbers.
> Now try this:
> mean(randn(1000000,1))
> Is that close enough to zero for you?
> If not, try this:
> mean(randn(100000000,1))

but... derek, how mean(!)...

mean(randn(100000000,1))
%{
??? Error using ==> randn
Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options.
%}

us
From: Artur Racu on
TideMan <mulgor(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <9267ac3c-bdc7-4582-b2d2-747404c2bc6e(a)y18g2000prn.googlegroups.com>...
> On May 26, 9:22 pm, "Artur Racu" <arturr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "David Young" <d.s.young.notthis...(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message <htio66$ch...(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > I don't know what Eurostag is, but in Matlab the function I would use to generate an approximation to white Gaussian noise is randn.
> >
> > Eurostag is a tool used for dynamic computation of power systems, i want to creat a signal(white gausian noise) so i can make a disturbance in power system and after to analyse different things;
> >
> > for example n=randn(10) if you take the mean of each column you will see that the mean is not zero(for white noise the main roule is t have the mean zero)
> >
> > could you please help me on that,
> >
> > thank you
>
> Oh, don't be so silly!!
> Of course the mean will be different from zero with only 10 numbers.
> Now try this:
> mean(randn(1000000,1))
> Is that close enough to zero for you?
> If not, try this:
> mean(randn(100000000,1))
it is ok...but you know then the chief want that the mean to be zero it is very hard to convience him that this answer is good
From: us on
"Artur Racu"
> > Oh, don't be so silly!!
> > Of course the mean will be different from zero with only 10 numbers.
> > Now try this:
> > mean(randn(1000000,1))
> > Is that close enough to zero for you?
> > If not, try this:
> > mean(randn(100000000,1))
> it is ok...but you know then the chief want that the mean to be zero it is very hard to convience him that this answer is good

one of the (few) solutions

% fire the chief...

us
From: Artur Racu on
"Artur Racu" <arturracu(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message <htilhq$m70$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> hy all,
>
> so i hope what my problem is clear to everyone, i need to generate a WGN(actually i need those values becouse i want to implement them in Eurostag),
>
> thank you,
>
> Artur

so...any ideas how can i obtain Gauss curve values,
thank you
From: TideMan on
On May 26, 9:37 pm, "us " <u...(a)neurol.unizh.ch> wrote:
> TideMan <mul...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <9267ac3c-bdc7-4582-b2d2-747404c2b...(a)y18g2000prn.googlegroups.com>...
> > On May 26, 9:22 pm, "Artur Racu" <arturr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > "David Young" <d.s.young.notthis...(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message <htio66$ch...(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > > I don't know what Eurostag is, but in Matlab the function I would use to generate an approximation to white Gaussian noise is randn.
>
> > > Eurostag is a tool used for dynamic computation of power systems, i want to creat a signal(white gausian noise) so i can make a disturbance in power system and after to analyse different things;
>
> > > for example n=randn(10) if you take the mean of each column you will see that the mean is not zero(for white noise the main roule is t have the mean zero)
>
> > > could you please help me on that,
>
> > > thank you
>
> > Oh, don't be so silly!!
> > Of course the mean will be different from zero with only 10 numbers.
> > Now try this:
> > mean(randn(1000000,1))
> > Is that close enough to zero for you?
> > If not, try this:
> > mean(randn(100000000,1))
>
> but... derek, how mean(!)...
>
>      mean(randn(100000000,1))
> %{
> ??? Error using ==> randn
> Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options.
> %}
>
> us

Oh, Urs, you poor old thing.
You need to ask your employers to give you a better computer.
Here is what mine says:

>> mean(randn(100000000,1))

ans =

2.1549e-005