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==List of pseudo-random number generators== | ==List of pseudo-random number generators== | ||
*[[ACG]] | *[[ACG]], not to be confused with ACORN | ||
*[[ACORN]], the '''A'''dditive '''Co'''ngruential '''R'''andom '''N'''umber Generator | |||
*[[AWC]] | *[[AWC]] | ||
*[[C2MRG3]] | *[[C2MRG3]] | ||
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*[[SWB]] | *[[SWB]] | ||
*[[Wichmann-Hill pseudorandom number generator]] | *[[Wichmann-Hill pseudorandom number generator]] | ||
==Applications== | ==Applications== | ||
*[[Monte Carlo | Monte Carlo simulations]] | *[[Monte Carlo | Monte Carlo simulations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:01, 23 May 2019
List of pseudo-random number generators[edit]
- ACG, not to be confused with ACORN
- ACORN, the Additive Congruential Random Number Generator
- AWC
- C2MRG3
- C2TAUS
- Compound generators
- Explicit inversive congruential generator
- Generalized feedback shift register generators (GFSR)
- Inversive congruential generator
- Linear congruential generator
- MCG31 a 31-bit multiplicative congruential generator
- MCG59 a 59-bit multiplicative congruential generator
- MRG
- MT19937
- MT2203
- Multiple recursive generators
- OpenMP Parallel Statistical Random Number Generator (OMPRNG)
- Prime modulus multiplicative linear congruential generator
- PSWB
- ran2 (Numerical Recipes)
- RANDU
- RANLUX
- RCARRY
- Scalable Parallel Random Number Generators Library (SPRNG)
- SCG
- SWB
- Wichmann-Hill pseudorandom number generator