Some Experimental Observations on the Behavior of Composite Random Number Generators
| dc.contributor.author | Nance, Richard E. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Overstreet, Claude Jr. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Computer Science | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-19T14:36:06Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-19T14:36:06Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1974 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A series of experiments with composite random number generators utilizing shuffling tables is described. The factors investigated are: (1) the magnitude of the modulus (equivalently, the word-size of the machine), (2) the effect of the modulus value for the indexing generator, and (3) the table size used for shuffling. Experimental results indicate that: (1) on large word-length machines (permitting large modulus values), shuffling accomplishes little in comparison with selected simple generators, (2) on small word-length machines, shuffling can produce sequences having an increased period and demonstrating acceptable statistical behavior, and (3) a table size of 2 produces results comparable to those obtained with larger tables. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000768/ | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000768/01/CS74014-R.pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.trnumber | CS74014-R | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20205 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Historical Collection(Till Dec 2001) | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Some Experimental Observations on the Behavior of Composite Random Number Generators | en |
| dc.type | Technical report | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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