Random Number Generation

Random Number Generation

How computers generate random numbers.
A brief, high level introduction to what it means to generate random numbers with a computer.
Directory of /pub/helsbret/random
The DieHard series of tests for a pseudorandom number generator.
Mersenne Twister: A random number generator
Vastly superior random number generator, source code freely available in many languages.
DIEHARD
Random Number Generator test suite. Another incarnation.
Random Number Generation, RNGs and PRNGs
random number generator stuff a huge set of links from Tim Tyler, including lots of ways to create random numbers, test random number, and attack the security of random numbers.

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was last updated
20080310.