A random number generator based on the combination of four LCGs

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-107

  L'Ecuyer, Pierre ^a   Andres, Terry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Jump ahead; Random number generation; Software package

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

LINEAR CONGRUENTIAL GENERATORS (LCG);

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 0031145758     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4754(97)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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