EVALUATION OF A MULTIPLICATIVE GENERATOR OF PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBERS

Abstract

The present study reports on the development and testing of a pseudo- random number generator which would be able to rapidly supply the SIMPO-I entity models with numbers meeting essential tests for random qualities. The generator developed by BESRL is a power residue or multiplicative generator, the simplest of the many generators based on the linear congruential method. In addition to an acceptable generator, the work accomplished resulted in a compilation of statistical tests which have wider application for evaluating generators used on other computer systems. The tests are described, and essential mathematical formulations are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0707374

Entities

People

  • Frederick W. Kuehl

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Chi Square Test
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Number Generators
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Tests

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.