Random walk generator

Daniel
04/06/2016

What this app is about?

This app allows the user to choose a set of parameters and generates a random walk plot.

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Here do you start?

The genareator has 3 settings:

  • Numbers steps
  • First step
  • Seed selector

Set-up

You need to set the number of steps to be generated. This is done using the slider.

Then, with the numeric box, you need to select the first step (where the plot will start).

If you want to set a seed for reproduction, you can do this using the seed selector, but first the check the checkbox to the function take the seed in consideration.

Why use it?

With this app, with simple settings, you can plot a random walk simulating stock prices for example or other data.

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