asa183

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

This is a version of Applied Statistics Algorithm 183.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is 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.

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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:

• asa183.py, the source code.
• asa183.sh, runs all the tests.
• asa183.txt, the output file.