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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
01 Feb 1999 23:41:26 -0500
Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org> writes:
> Knuth vol. 2 is indeed a good place to look, especially for background
> on how to check that you've found a good one. I assume you're not
> looking for a crypto-strength pseudo-random stream, since you specified
> LCG. If you're looking for good general-purpose generators for Monte
> Carlo searches or some other stochastic process, George Marsaglia's
> the current expert.
Speaking of Montecarlo, I've been wondering for some time:
Is RC4 a good PRNG for monte carlo types? I mean, its a very good PRNG
-- is it good enough for *non*-cryptographic use?
Perry
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:25