THE MIXED METHOD OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION: A TUTORIAL

Overstreet Jr., Claude and Nance, Richard E. (1974) THE MIXED METHOD OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION: A TUTORIAL. Technical Report CS74013-R, Computer Science, Virginia Tech.

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Abstract

Several motivations are recognized for user-defined random number generators in preference to built-in generators. The mixed method of random number generation is discussed) and the conditions for achieving full period with a modulus of 2^b are explained. Implementation of mixed random number generators is affected both by the computer and language used. Guidelines are presented for realizing acceptable mixed generators on several machines using the FORTRAN, PL/l and SNOBOL4 languages.

Item Type:	Departmental Technical Report
Subjects:	Computer Science > Historical Collection(Till Dec 2001)
ID Code:	767
Deposited By:	Administrator, Eprints
Deposited On:	18 April 2006