[R] how can generate from trunceted gamma distribution in R ?

[Greg Snow]

One approach is to sample from a non-truncated inverse gamma, then if the observation is in the part you want truncated, throw it away and generate a new value.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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> How can generate a sample from truncated inverse  gamma distribution in
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