An n-dimensional uniform random number generator suitable for IBM-compatible microcomputers

An n-dimensional uniform random number generator suitable for IBM-compatible microcomputers

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Article ID: iaor19901145
Country: United States
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 49
End Page Number: 59
Publication Date: May 1990
Journal: Interfaces
Authors: ,
Keywords: random number generators
Abstract:

The uniform random number generator is the basic building block used in computer-based Monte Carlo and simulation studies. Mixed congruential random number generators, such as those intrinsic to MS-DOS or PC-DOS BASIC, have a number of shortcomings that make them unsuitable in multidimensional studies. A random number generator that overcomes these shortcomings is the generalized feedback shift register generator, an algorithm well documented for mainframe use. It can be used in a microcomputer environment and implemented in BASIC.

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