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Class simula.random.RandomEngineMCG 

java.lang.Object
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           +----simula.random.RandomEngineMCG
public class RandomEngineMCG
extends RandomEngine
Implements a multipling congruential generator "Minimal Standard" by Park e Miller. The generation algorythm is the following:

Ij+1 = (Ij ╫ 16807) & 0x7FFFFFFF

Constructor Index

o RandomEngineMCG()
Creates a new engine using current time as the seed
o RandomEngineMCG(long)
Creates a new engine using given seed

Method Index

o nextByte()
Return the next byte from engine
o setSeed(long)
Resets the seed for the engine

Constructors

o RandomEngineMCG 
 public RandomEngineMCG()
Creates a new engine using current time as the seed

o RandomEngineMCG 
 public RandomEngineMCG(long seed) throws IllegalArgumentException
Creates a new engine using given seed

Parameters:
seed - generator seed (shouldn't be NULL)

Methods

o nextByte 
 public byte nextByte()
Return the next byte from engine

Returns:
next byte from this engine
Overrides:
nextByte in class RandomEngine
o setSeed 
 public void setSeed(long seed) throws IllegalArgumentException
Resets the seed for the engine

Parameters:
seed - new seed for the engine 
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