Beware of linear congruential generators with multipliers of the form a = ±2 q ±2 r

DOI10.1145/326147.326156zbMath0964.65002OpenAlexW2079828678MaRDI QIDQ4518217

Pierre L'Ecuyer, Richard Simard

Publication date: 12 March 2001

Published in: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/326147.326156

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmrandom number generationcorrelation testlinear congruential generators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random number generation in numerical analysis (65C10) Pseudo-random numbers; Monte Carlo methods (11K45)

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