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RandomGeneration -- random generation function

Description

A key in ProbabilityDistribution objects and an option for discreteProbabilityDistribution and continuousProbabilityDistribution for setting the random generation function to be used by random(ProbabilityDistribution).

Functions with optional argument named RandomGeneration :

continuousProbabilityDistribution(...,RandomGeneration=>...) -- see continuousProbabilityDistribution -- construct a continuous probability distribution
discreteProbabilityDistribution(...,RandomGeneration=>...) -- see discreteProbabilityDistribution -- construct a discrete probability distribution

For the programmer

The object RandomGeneration is a symbol.