Article ID: | iaor1989264 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 7 |
Start Page Number: | 687 |
End Page Number: | 691 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1989 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Kao C. |
A very efficient and statistically sound random-number generator of the prime modulus multiplicative congruential method is devised for 16-bit microcomputers (8-bit machines have to be double-precisioned). This generator combines several generators, and cycles every (215-20)2 numbers with 215-20 different numbers in one cycle. When precision is relatively unimportant, this generator is demonstrated to be a good random-number generator.