A COMPARISON OF TWO RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS,

Abstract

IBM 'Reference Manual Random Number Generation and Testing,' are selected for testing and evaluation. Fourteen blocks of 5140 random numbers are produced by each generator and tested for properties of randomness by six standard, statistical tests. The IBM 1620 computer program that generates the numbers and performs the tests is listed and described. Both generators produce a sequence of about five million random numbers with about the same computer time and storage requirements. The Lehmer generator produces a more random sequence of random numbers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425962

Entities

People

  • Donald D. Bishop

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Generators
  • Random Number Generators
  • Sequences
  • Standards
  • Statistical Tests
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
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