Implementing a multiple recursive generator with Mersenne prime modulus

Authors
Citation
Hc. Tang, Implementing a multiple recursive generator with Mersenne prime modulus, INT J COM M, 76(1), 2000, pp. 35-43
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Mathematics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MATHEMATICS
ISSN journal
00207160 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
35 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of efficiently and correctly generating ra ndom numbers for the multiple recursive generators with Mersenne prime modu lus. For the appropriate Mersenne prime modulus, simulated division is an e fficient way to generate random numbers. The general algorithm for any Mers enne prime modulus is also presented.