I'd like to generate random numbers that follow a dropping linear frequency distribution, take n=1-x for an example.
The numpy library however seems to offer only more complex distributions.
So, it turns out you can totally use random.triangular(0,1,0)
for this. See documentation here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html
random.triangular(low, high, mode)
Return a random floating point number N such that low <= N <= high and with the specified mode between those bounds.
Histogram made with matplotlib
:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import random
bins = [0.1 * i for i in range(12)]
plt.hist([random.triangular(0,1,0) for i in range(2500)], bins)