Two fast implementations of the “minimal standard” random number generator

1990 Communications of the ACM 48 citations

Abstract

Although superficially time-consuming, on 32-bit computers the minimal standard random number generator can be implemented with surprising economy.

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Generator (circuit theory)Computer scienceRandom number generationImplementationArithmeticRandom seedPseudorandom number generatorParallel computingAlgorithmMathematicsProgramming languagePower (physics)

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Year
1990
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article
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
87-88
Citations
48
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David F. Carta (1990). Two fast implementations of the “minimal standard” random number generator. Communications of the ACM , 33 (1) , 87-88. https://doi.org/10.1145/76372.76379

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10.1145/76372.76379