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Upper bounds in spectral test for multiple recursive random number generators with missing terms

✍ Scribed by Chiang Kao; Huey-Chin Tang


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
412 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
0898-1221

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✦ Synopsis


One method for generating random numbers (RNs) of long period recommended by many scholars is the multiple recursive generator (MRG), in that the current RN is essentially a linear combination of the k preceding ones. In this paper, the upper bounds for a figure of merit adopted in the spectral test are derived for the k th order MRG with p < k terms. As p gets smaller, the bounds become smaller as well. The simplest form of the k th order MRG with two terms frequently discussed in literature is found to have the worst bound.