Uniform Random Number Generators
β Scribed by MacLaren, M. Donald; Marsaglia, George
- Book ID
- 111903373
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 415 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-5411
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