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From: "Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: searhing for Marsaglia's random
Date: 1998/02/13
Date: 1998-02-13T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01bd3815$fe7fd0e0$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EACHUS.98Feb12160803@spectre.mitre.org


Knuth, in one* of his wonderful Four Volumes of Enlightenment and Wisdom,
gives an algorithm for random numbers.  It's simple, but it works.  I'm no
expert on the subject, and I don't know it's particular relative strengths
and weaknesses -- I suspect others will be quick to the fray on this -- but
maybe worth a try?

* The second one, on numerical methods, I think.

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Robert I. Eachus <eachus@spectre.mitre.org> wrote in article
<EACHUS.98Feb12160803@spectre.mitre.org>... [all about RN algos]





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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-02-03  0:00 searhing for Marsaglia's random Denis WALLEZ-MASKAY
1998-02-03  0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-02-12  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-02-13  0:00     ` Nick Roberts [this message]
1998-02-03  0:00 ` BSCrawford
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