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- From: charlie@ernie.stat.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.stat
- Subject: Re: random number generator
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.020515.16652@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 02:05:15 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 <1992Jul29.092934.23335@cl.cam.ac.uk>, nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk
- (Nick Maclaren) writes:
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- > It's not making it a FAQ that's the problem - it's finding a GAA (Generally
- > Agreed Answer)!
-
- In article <1992Jul29.090353.237@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu> jerry@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
-
- > 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!)
-
- I nominate Marsaglia's "Super-Duper" generator, though it's 20 years old
- and not the one Marsaglia is using now.
-
- Reason: it's the one S uses so if it's garbage there have been a lot of
- garbage simulations done including some of mine. Don't tell me that's
- not a theorem, I already know.
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- Charles Geyer
- School of Statistics
- University of Minnesota
- charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu
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