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Subject: Re: randomness of random number generators? somewhat OT

Author: Scott Gasch

Date: 09:44:30 10/02/05

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On October 01, 2005 at 17:13:30, David Dahlem wrote:

>Is there any way to test the true randomness of various random number
>generators?
>
>Thanks
>Dave

Read Knuth "The Art of Computer Programming" vol. 3.  I don't have the precise
pages with me (the book is at work) but the entire first chapter of that volume
deals with random number generators and various statistical tests for
randomness.  When I had to do something like this last I used Chi-Square and
Kolmogorov-Smirnov.

Scott



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