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 MEANING: RANDOM subroutine
 CONTEXT: NONMEM utility routine

 USAGE:
 INTEGER KR
 REAL R
 CALL RANDOM (KR,R)

 DISCUSSION:
 The NONMEM utility routine RANDOM may be called (by PRED, PK or ERROR)
 during  the Simulation Step (ICALL=4) and when data averages are being
 computed (ICALL=5) to obtain numbers from different random sources.

 Input argument:

  KR  An integer variable or integer constant.  The index of  a  random
      source.

 Output argument:

  R   A number from the KRth source. Always a single-precision  number.
      Each time RANDOM is called, a new number is output.

 Random sources are defined using the $SIMULATION  record.   Typically,
 the first source is reserved by NONMEM to generate realizations of the
 eta and epsilon variables and/or to randomly mix individuals into dif-
 ferent  subpopulations  according to the mixing parameter. Thus, typi-
 cally, RANDOM must be called with KR > 1.  However,  there  are  cases
 when  NONMEM  itself  needs  no random sources, and all defined random
 sources can be used by PRED (see references).

 EXAMPLES OF USAGE:

 WT (an item in the data record, and a local  variable  with  the  same
 name)  is generated with a simulated value having mean 70 and standard
 deviation 7. The second random source is assumed to be  pseudo-normal,
 which is the default distribution for each random source.

 An abbreviated code may use RANDOM explicitly in either  a  simulation
 or a data average block.  When RANDOM is called in abbreviated code, R
 is reserved and is used for the random number.  E.g.,

  IF (ICALL.EQ.4.AND.NEWIND.NE.2) THEN
  CALL RANDOM(2,R)
  ENDIF
  IF (ICALL.EQ.4) WT=70+7*R

REFERENCES: Guide IV Section III.B.13, IV.I
REFERENCES: Guide V Section 12.4.8


  
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