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- From: strgh@warwick.ac.uk (J E H Shaw)
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- Subject: Re: random number generator
- Keywords: pseudo-random, C , uniform, normal
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 13:32:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul27.103659.11820@kth.se> <1992Jul27.124120.29511@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Jul27.124120.29511@cl.cam.ac.uk> nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes:
- >|> ...
- >|> 3. G.E.P.Box and M.E.Mueller
- >|> A Note on the Generation of Random Normal Deviates
- >|> Ann.Math.Stat. (1958) 29, 610-611
- >
- >Don't use this method in single precision - it has a very serious
- >flaw. While it is OK in double precision, there are faster and simpler
- >methods available (e.g. the Polar Method as described in Knuth). The
- >reference for the flaw is by H.R. Neave round about 1970.
- >
- See H.R. Neave (1973), "On using the Box-Muller transformation with
- multiplicative congruential pseudo-random number generators",
- Applied Statistics 22:92-97.
-
- In general, if you're interested in the tail-behaviour of some distribution,
- be particularly careful about the method you choose for simulation.
-
- -- Ewart Shaw
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