[R] (Parallel) Random number seed question...

2009-11-16 Thread Blair Christian
Hi All, I have k identical parallel pieces of code running, each using n.rand random numbers.  I would like to use the same RNG (for now), and set the seeds so that I can guarantee that there are no overlaps in the random numbers sampled by the k pieces of code.  Another side goal is to have

Re: [R] (Parallel) Random number seed question...

2009-11-16 Thread Torsten Hothorn
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Blair Christian wrote: Hi All, I have k identical parallel pieces of code running, each using n.rand random numbers.  I would like to use the same RNG (for now), and set the seeds so that I can guarantee that there are no overlaps in the random numbers sampled by the k

Re: [R] (Parallel) Random number seed question...

2009-11-16 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 16 November 2009 at 11:42, Blair Christian wrote: | I have k identical parallel pieces of code running, each using n.rand | random numbers.  I would like to use the same RNG (for now), and set | the seeds so that I can guarantee that there are no overlaps in the | random numbers sampled by the