Mersenne Twister and Friends
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The Mathematica function SeedRandom comes with a variety of different methods: • "Sobol"—Sobol low-discrepancy sequence • "Niederreiter"—Niederreiter low-discrepancy sequence • "MCG31"—31-bit multiplicative congruential generator • "MCG59"—59-bit multiplicative congruential generator • "R250"—generalized feedback shift register generator • "WichmannHill"—Wichmann–Hill combined multiplicative congruential generators • "ExtendedCA"—extended cellular automaton generator (default) • "Rule30CA"—Wolfram rule 30 generator • "MersenneTwister"—Mersenne twister shift register generator • "MKL"—Intel MKL generator (Intel-based systems)
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Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011