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A fast procedure for generating random numbers by a modification of the Marsaglia-Maclaren method

dc.contributor.advisorBrundrit, Geoffen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIoannou, Ioannis Eliasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T07:25:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T13:54:08Z
dc.date.available2016-03-14T07:25:27Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T13:54:08Z
dc.date.issued1974en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17734
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/11427/17734
dc.description.abstractMarsaglia and Maclaren combined two linear congruential generators in order to produce a pseudo random number sequence uniformly distributed in the range [0,2³⁵]. Their method is a considerable improvement compared with the primitive linear congruential method at the cost of greater generation time. In this thesis, a simple modification of the Marsaglia-Maclaren method is presented in which there is an alleviation of the increased generation time, and a slight further increase in randomness. The modified generator is tested extensively in a variety of statistical tests and simulation problems.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.subject.otherComputer scienceen_ZA
dc.titleA fast procedure for generating random numbers by a modification of the Marsaglia-Maclaren methoden_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
dc.type.qualificationlevelMastersen_ZA
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA


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