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However, the shape parameter of the compound Gaussian clutter model cannot be a non-integer nor non-semi-integer in the ZMNL method, and the computational complexity of the SIRP method is very high because of the complex non-linear operation. Although some improved methods have been proposed to solve the problem, the fitting degree of these methods is not high because of the introduction of Beta distribution. To overcome these disadvantages, a novel Gamma distributed random variable (RV) generation method for clutter simulation is proposed in this paper. In our method, Gamma RV with non-integral or non-semi-integral shape parameters is generated directly by multiplying an integral-shape-parameter Gamma RV with a Beta RV whose parameters are larger than 0.5, thus avoiding the deviation of simulation of Beta RV. A large number of simulation experimental results show that the proposed method not only can be used in the clutter simulation with a non-integer or non-semi-integer shape parameter value, but also has higher fitting degree than the existing methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20040955","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,11]],"date-time":"2020-02-11T11:45:30Z","timestamp":1581421530000},"page":"955","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A Novel Gamma Distributed Random Variable (RV) Generation Method for Clutter Simulation with Non-Integral Shape Parameters"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Shichao","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chong","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1181","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2007.894442","article-title":"Statistical Properties of Low-Grazing Range-Resolved Sea Surface Backscatter Generated Through Two-Dimensional Direct Numerical Simulations","volume":"45","author":"Toporkov","year":"2007","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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