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1Linear congruential generator — A linear congruential generator (LCG) represent one of the oldest and best known pseudorandom number generator algorithms. [ [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/LinearCongruentialGenerators/ Linear Congruential Generators] by Joe Bolte, The… …
2Inversive congruential generator — Inversive congruential generators are a type of nonlinear congruential pseudorandom number generator, which use the modular multiplicative inverse (if it exists) to generate the next number in a sequence. The standard formula for an inversive… …
3Park–Miller random number generator — The Park–Miller random number generator (or the Lehmer random number generator) is a variant of linear congruential generator that operates in multiplicative group of integers modulo n. A general formula of a random generator (RNG) of this type… …
4Multiply-with-carry — In computer science, multiply with carry (MWC) is a method invented by George Marsaglia for generating sequences of random integers based on an initial set of from two to many thousands of randomly chosen seed values. The main advantages of the… …
5Pseudorandom number generator — A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG),[1] is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers that approximates the properties of random numbers. The sequence is not truly random in… …
6Lagged Fibonacci generator — A Lagged Fibonacci generator (LFG) is an example of a pseudorandom number generator. This class of random number generator is aimed at being an improvement on the standard linear congruential generator. These are based on a generalisation of the… …
7Mersenne twister — The Mersenne twister is a pseudorandom number generator developed in 1997 by Makoto Matsumoto (松本 眞?) and Takuji Nishimura (西村 拓士?)[1] …
8List of mathematics articles (L) — NOTOC L L (complexity) L BFGS L² cohomology L function L game L notation L system L theory L Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l Intelligence des Lignes Courbes L Hôpital s rule L(R) La Géométrie Labeled graph Labelled enumeration theorem Lack… …
9Random number generation — A random number generator (often abbreviated as RNG) is a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of numbers or symbols that lack any pattern, i.e. appear random. Computer based systems for random number generation are… …
10Fisher-Yates shuffle — The Fisher Yates shuffle, named after Ronald Fisher and Frank Yates, also known as the Knuth shuffle, after Donald Knuth, is an algorithm for generating a random permutation of a finite set in plain terms, for randomly shuffling the set. A… …
