Replace elements of a vector with different probability for 0 to 1, and 1 to 0

Hi,

Is there a possibility to replace the zeros in A by 1, and the 1's in A by zero with fixed probability?

For example:

A = [0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0] and I want to replace 0 by 1 with probability 1/4 and 1 by 0 with probability 1/3. Thank you.

Answer 1

[ES]

You can use a for loop and counter. Might not be efficient. But still does the trick. Something like this,

for every element in A: if element in A is 0, and count of 0 is ==4:%this is for probability 1/4 A[i]==1; count=0;

[Nishaad]

Tried something like this, but it replaces every 0 by 1 and every 1 by 0. I have an array, Sent, which is made up of 3/7th 0's and 4/7th 1's.

   clear;clc;tic;

   prob=3/7;

   n=100;

   pdatodo=1/3;

   pdotoda=1/4;

   Sent=rand(n,1)>prob;

   Received=Sent;

   for k=1:length(Sent)

    if Sent(k)==0;

        Received(k)=1>pdotoda;

    elseif Sent(k)==1;

        Received(k)=0>pdatodo;
    end
    end

Answer 2

[Roger Stafford]

You don't need a for-loop. It's a problem in logic.

 pdatodo=1/3;
 pdotoda=1/4;
 r = rand(size(Sent));
 Received = (Sent&(r>pdatodo))|(~Sent&(r<=pdotoda));