A truly random number is something that is surprisingly difficult to generate. A typical approach is to generate the required element of chance from a natural and unpredictable source, such as ...

A set of values or elements that is statistically random, but it is derived from a known starting point and is typically repeated over and over. Pseudo-random numbers provide necessary values for ...

In this project, you will implement your own pseudo-random number generator (PRG) in Java. We will give you some of the code you need, and we will ask you to provide certain functions missing from the ...

What do you do, when you need a random number in your programming? The chances are that you reach for your environment’s function to do the job, usually something like rand() or similar. This returns ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 24, No. 1 (1975), pp. 132-135 (4 pages) In a recent paper, Neave has observed that the agreement between the observed and ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 29, No. 2 (1980), pp. 164-171 (8 pages) The lattice and spectral tests are shown to be suitable only for full-period ...