Random Number Generation on Microcomputers

Doan T. Modianos, Robert C. Scott and Larry W. Cornwell
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Doan T. Modianos: Department of Business Management and Administration, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625
Robert C. Scott: Department of Economics, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625
Larry W. Cornwell: Department of Business Management and Administration, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625

Interfaces, 1984, vol. 14, issue 4, 81-87

Abstract: In a study of the statistical and temporal characteristics of random number generators for microcomputers, several peculiarities related to seeding random number generators were noted. Some vendor-supplied generators, including those on the Apple II+, Apple IIe, Osborne Executive, and IBM-PC, were so seriously flawed that they should not be used for simulation studies.

Keywords: microcomputers; simulation: random; number generation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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