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- From: rizzo@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.stat
- Subject: Re: random number generator
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.142741.18404@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 14:27:41 GMT
- References: <1126@kepler1.rentec.com> <1992Jul29.092934.23335@cl.cam.ac.uk> <1992Jul29.090353.237@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.090353.237@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu> jerry@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
- >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)!
- >>
- >
- >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!)
-
- Alright, what the faq is a FAQ? Would you guys please write in English
- and not in acronyms? I've been following this thread with great
- anticipation, because I'd like to have access to a good random number
- generator. But it's becoming difficult to figure out what you're talking
- about, with all the alphabet soup. Please remember that not all who
- read this newsgroup are statisticians. Give the rest of us poor slobs
- a break, huh?
-
- Tony
-