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Xorshift RNGs
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Description of a class of simple, extremely fast random number generators (RNGs) with periods 2k - 1 for k = 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192. These RNGs seem to pass tests of randomness very well.
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- Authors
- Marsaglia, G.
- Venue
- Journal of Statistical Software
- Publisher
- Foundation for Open Access Statistic
- Published
- 2003
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 14
- ISSN
- 1548-7660 (ISSN-L)
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- W4240267682
- Cited by
- 434
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
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