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Article #116Re: random number generator
From: Nick Maclaren
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 09:29
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 09:29
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In article <1126@kepler1.rentec.com>, andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes: |> Why don't we make RNG a FAQ for sci.math.stat? It's not making it a FAQ that's the problem - it's finding a GAA (Generally Agreed Answer)! Some of my recent replies are based on work that has been published in 1992, and I frequently hear from other workers about important results that I had missed (often in the most bizarre journals). The area may not be large, but it is awfully confused. Nick Maclaren University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England. Email: nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk Tel.: +44 223 334761 Fax: +44 223 334679
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!cam-cl!cam-cl!nmm From: nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Subject: Re: random number generator Keywords: pseudo-random, C , uniform, normal Message-ID: <1992Jul29.092934.23335@cl.cam.ac.uk> Date: 29 Jul 92 09:29:34 GMT References: <1992Jul27.103659.11820@kth.se> <1992Jul27.152841.10170@midway.uchicago.edu> <1126@kepler1.rentec.com> Sender: news@cl.cam.ac.uk (The news facility) Reply-To: nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK Lines: 21