TESTS OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS USING ISING-MODEL SIMULATIONS

Authors
Citation
Pd. Coddington, TESTS OF RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS USING ISING-MODEL SIMULATIONS, International journal of modern physics C, 7(3), 1996, pp. 295-303
Citations number
53
ISSN journal
01291831
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
295 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0129-1831(1996)7:3<295:TORNGU>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Large-scale Monte Carlo simulations require high-quality random number generators to ensure correct results. The contrapositive of this stat ement is also true - the quality of random number generators can be te sted by using them in large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. We have tes ted many commonly-used random number generators with high precision Mo nte Carlo simulations of the 2-d Ising model using the Metropolis, Swe ndsen-Wang, and Wolff algorithms. This work is being extended to the t esting of random number generators for parallel computers. The results of these tests are presented, along with recommendations for random n umber generators for high-performance computers, particularly for latt ice Monte Carlo simulations.