The Pareto Distribution

Random: double gsl_ran_pareto (const gsl_rng * r, double a, double b)

This function returns a random variate from the Pareto distribution of order a. The distribution function is,

for @c{$x \ge b$} @math{x >= b}.

Function: double gsl_ran_pareto_pdf (double x, double a, double b)

This function computes the probability density @math{p(x)} at x for a Pareto distribution with exponent a and scale b, using the formula given above.