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Subject: Re: Randomness of numbers

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 05:54:19 12/30/01

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On December 30, 2001 at 02:29:06, Russell Reagan wrote:

>Are there any methods of testing a sequence of "random" numbers to determine
>their degree of randomness, or to determine how good a random number generation
>function is? I vaguely recall hearing about some methods before, but I can't
>remember any.
>
>Russell

You basically want to test to what degree the numbers are following a Poisson
distribution. There are several ways of doing this.

/David

• Re: Randomness of numbers Sune Fischer 07:10:32 12/30/01
  • Re: Randomness of numbers Russell Reagan 08:28:30 12/30/01
    • Re: Randomness of numbers Vincent Lejeune 15:54:45 12/30/01
      • Re: Randomness of numbers Eelco de Groot 18:42:21 12/30/01
        • Re: Randomness of numbers Sune Fischer 02:12:38 12/31/01
          • Re: Randomness of numbers Dieter Buerssner 03:57:32 12/31/01

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