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Random number generators for microcomputers

✍ Scribed by Wilfred Rosenbaum; John Syrotuik; Richard Gordon

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1983
Weight: 331 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 0010-468X
DOI: 10.1016/0010-468x(83)90085-5

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✦ Synopsis

The feasibility of random number generation using microcomputers is discussed and the appropriateness of alternative algorithms is evaluated on the basis of several criteria of statistical randomness. The relative deficiencies of each algorithm are cited and a modified Fibonacci generator is recommended for use in the microcomputer environment.

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