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Re:Introducing Guesstimate, a Spreadsheet for Things That Ar... by ozgooen on Friday January 01, 2016 @05:28AM (#10821556)
Very good to know. Right now you can choose between normal, uniform, and a few very simple discreet distributions, but not others.

When I built this, my first goal was to make any distribution run quickly. At this point I believe adding other distribution types will be quite doable, expect them shortly.

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Re:Introducing Guesstimate, a Spreadsheet for Things That Ar... by thanatropism on Friday January 01, 2016 @08:36AM (#10821845)
Two words: beta distribution. It has finite range and an arbitrary mode, and has the uniform as a special case.
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