title: Java normal distribution
body: <p>I'm trying to simulate the arrival of fans to a stadium. The system itself, I believe it won't be a problem, but, the arrival of the fans follows a normal distribution. </p>
  
  <p>My problem is:</p>
  
  <p>I have a certain time for the arrival like 100 minutes and 1000 fans, and I need to generate arrivals of Fans at a time following that distribution like -> fan x arrived at 25 minutes, fan y arrived at 54 minutes, and so on.</p>
  
  <p>How can I generate these random numbers following a normal distribution?</p>
  
  <p>I'm doing this in Java and found the <code>nextGaussian()</code> method in the <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/util/Random.html">Random class</a>, but I'm not sure how to use this in my situation.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone please enlighten me?</p>