[comp.arch] Pseudo-random generation

mortiz21@hpprdea.HP.COM (Miguel Ortiz) (02/06/91)

I am looking for information on Pseudo-random generator architecture.

Does anyone knows a few good references?

Regards,

Miguel Ortiz at HP Puerto Rico

moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) (02/09/91)

Assuming you mean pseudo-random *number* generation, may I suggest you start
with the ACM article cited below? See also Knuth, "The Art of Computer
Programming", Volume 2 (Seminumerical Algorithms), from Addison-Wesley, for a
more thorough treatment of the subject.

		"Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number 
		Generators" by Pierre L'Ecuyer, Comm. of ACM, 
		Vol 31, Number 6, June 1988.
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