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- From: jerry@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.stat
- Subject: Re: random number generator
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.090353.237@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 14:03:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jul27.103659.11820@kth.se> <1992Jul27.152841.10170@midway.uchicago.edu> <1126@kepler1.rentec.com> <1992Jul29.092934.23335@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Jul29.092934.23335@cl.cam.ac.uk>, nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes:
- >
- > It's not making it a FAQ that's the problem - it's finding a GAA (Generally
- > Agreed Answer)!
- >
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- I suspect one of the most FAQs is what generator to use. Can we not establish
- a short list of GAAs? I nominate the Wichmann-Hill generator with the
- McLeod modification. (I hold off on posting the code until I hear whether
- this is a GAA!)
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