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- Subject: Re: Looking for random permutation generation algorithms
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- References: <1993Jan6.014749.15323@ee.ubc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:57:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.014749.15323@ee.ubc.ca>
- rayw@ee.ubc.ca (raymond w m woo) writes:
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- >
- >Hi, does anyone know, or can provide any pointer in the literature to, any
- >random permutation generation algorithm that can be easily implemented as a
- >function in a computer program?
- >
- >Ideally, this function would be computationally effective, and the input
- >that this function takes would be some kind of index/rank number of the
- >permution to be generated.
- >
- >But of course, I am interested in knowing *all* kinds of permutation generation
- >algorithms.
- >
- >Many thanks in advance! Best of wishes for 93.
- >--
- > R Woo <rayw@ee.ubc.ca> | When correctly interpreted, pi conveys the entire
- > Elec. Eng., UBC, Canada | history of the human race! --accord. to Dr. Matrix
- There are a couple of articles on such routines in Behavior Research Methods
- Instruments & Computers. See Castellan, N. J. (1992), Shuffling arrays:
- appearances may be deciving. 24,72-77. The other one is cited there,
- and is by Brysbaert.
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