how to calculate the uniform distribution in matlab

To calculate the uniform distribution in MATLAB, you can use the rand function. The rand function generates uniformly distributed random numbers between 0 and 1. If you want to generate uniformly distributed random numbers between a and b, you can use the following formula:

a + (b-a)*rand
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Here, the term (b-a) determines the width of the interval, and rand generates a random number between 0 and 1. By multiplying (b-a) with rand, we obtain a random number between 0 and (b-a). Finally, by adding a to this random number, we obtain a random number between a and b.

To generate a vector of n random numbers between a and b, you can use the following code:

a = 1;
b = 10;
n = 1000;
X = a + (b-a)*rand(1,n);
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In this example, we generate 1000 random numbers between 1 and 10 and store them in the vector X.

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