Distributed Random Number Generation

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From: Bill Maniatty
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 15:12

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I have a large distributed stochastic model (runs on MasPar MP-1 with 2,048
processing elements).  I'm not an expert on random number generation, but
I need to simultaneously g enerate different ``Random'' sequences on each node.
I'm not sure just how to define randomness in this kind of system.  Does anyone
have a pointer to a reference on the problem.  Please note that I'm much more
interested in making the application work than learning the intricate
details of random number theory.

Bill
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