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Subject: Re: Randomness of numbers

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 07:10:32 12/30/01

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On December 30, 2001 at 08:54:19, David Rasmussen wrote:

>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

A good PRNG should pass all known statistical tests that can be run within a
reasonable timeframe.

-S.

• 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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