asa183


asa183, a FORTRAN77 code which implements a random number generator (RNG), by Wichman and Hill.

This is a version of Applied Statistics Algorithm 183.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

asa183 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

asa183_test

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Author:

Original FORTRAN77 version by Brian Wichman and David Hill; This version by John Burkardt.

Reference:

  1. Pierre LEcuyer,
    Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators,
    Communications of the ACM,
    Volume 31, Number 6, June 1988, pages 742-751.
  2. Brian Wichmann, David Hill,
    Algorithm AS 183: An Efficient and Portable Pseudo-random Number Generator,
    Applied Statistics,
    Volume 31, Number 2, 1982, pages 188-190.

Source Code:


Last revised on 25 August 2023.