Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-19 Thread Wouter Slegers
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:14:37PM +0800, Liu Wen wrote: Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer Programming , but I am afraid the content is not up-to-date. First off, be carefull with random in

Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-19 Thread shawn merdinger
check out STAN from the NIST (government site). -scm On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Liu Wen wrote: Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer Programming , but I am afraid the content is not up-to-date. Is

Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-19 Thread vertigo
Check out http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ Liu Wen wrote: Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer Programming , but I am afraid the content is not up-to-date. Is there any specific web sites or

Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-18 Thread Charles Smith
- Original Message - From: Liu Wen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:14 AM Subject: about random numbers generating Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer

Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-18 Thread gminick
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:14:37PM +0800, you (Liu Wen) wrote: Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. You're deadly right. From the programmer point of view, there exists a few ways to go. In Ansi C the simplest method is: srand(getpid()); printf(%d\n, rand()); Not too

The Art of Computer Programming [Was: about random numbers generating]

2001-12-18 Thread jjore
algorithms Vol 3' are not in fact as sound as there were a few decades ago? Joshua b. Jore Meritt James [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/17/01 01:38 PM To: Liu Wen [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: about random numbers generating

about random numbers generating

2001-12-17 Thread Liu Wen
Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer Programming , but I am afraid the content is not up-to-date. Is there any specific web sites or groups working on this? any links or hints would be appreciated.

Re: about random numbers generating

2001-12-17 Thread Meritt James
This is a very big thing in modeling. Check Operations Research sites. Liu Wen wrote: Generating random numbers has always been a big problem. Now I have to look into this topic in short time, I am reading Art of Computer Programming , but I am afraid the content is not up-to-date. Is