how to simulate 10000 samples from a multinomial distribution with p1=0.5,p2=0.3p3=0.2

how to simulate 10000 samples from a multinomial distribution with p1=0.5,p2=0.3p3=0.2

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Use the mnrnd function in the Statistics Toolbox:

n  = 1E+5;                          % Number Of Trials
p  = [0.5, 0.3, 0.2];               % Vector Of Probabilities
r  = mnrnd(n, r);                   % Output: Random Numbers

Does this do what you want?