Note on Marsaglia's xorshift random number generators

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Brent, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LFSR sequences; Linear feedback shift registers; Primitive polynomials; Random number generators; Xorshift RNGs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344453719     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v011.i05     Document Type: Article

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