Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:924 comp.sources.wanted:15053 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!uwm.edu!spool2.mu.edu!samsung!crackers!m2c!umvlsi!dime!dime.cs.umass.edu!moss From: moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: looking for uniformly distributed (0..1] random number generator Message-ID: Date: 29 Jan 91 14:13:01 GMT References: <16610@ogicse.ogi.edu> Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Followup-To: comp.unix.programmer Distribution: na Organization: Dept of Comp and Info Sci, Univ of Mass (Amherst) Lines: 14 In-reply-to: morgan@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu's message of 28 Jan 91 23:00:13 GMT There are lots of things to consider in selecting a good random number generator. However, there are a couple of good CACM articles that really helped us, and they can help you, too. Here's the ref to the one we use: "Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators", Pierre L'Ecuyer, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 31, No. 6 (June 1989). -- J. Eliot B. Moss, Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-4206, 545-1249 (fax); Moss@cs.umass.edu