RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS FOR PARALLEL APPLICATIONS

Ashok Srinivasan, David M. Ceperley, Michael Mascagni

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: • Introduction • Desired Properties of Random Number Generators • Methods for Random Number Generation • Testing Random Number Generators • Quasi-Random Numbers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMonte Carlo Methods in Chemical Physics
Subtitle of host publicationAdvances in Chemical Physics Volume 105
PublisherWiley
Pages13-36
Number of pages24
ISBN (Electronic)9780470141649
ISBN (Print)9780471196303
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2007

Keywords

  • combination generator
  • lagged-fibonacci generators
  • large cycle length
  • randomness
  • shift-register generators

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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