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A pseudo-random number generator for the System/360
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The purpose of this paper is to describe a pseudo-random number generator that uses the full capacity of the 32-bit registers of IBM SYSTEM/360 computers, and to briefly report on and document the testing of and experience with the random number generator. The generator is a particular case of the sequence of numbers xigenerated by the equation xi+1= Axi(mod p) (1) where p is a prime and A is a positive primitive root of p.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lewis, P. A. W., Goodman, A. S., & Miller, J. M.
- Venue
- IBM Systems Journal
- Publisher
- IBM
- Published
- 1969
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 136-146
- ISSN
- 0018-8670 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2157018930
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 58.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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