Some difficult-to-pass tests of randomness

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-9

  Marsaglia, George ^a   Tsang, Wai Wan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0347666758     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v007.i03     Document Type: Article

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