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==List of pseudo-random number generators==
==Pseudo-random number generators==
*[[ACG]], not to be confused with ACORN
*[[Linear congruential generator]]
*[[ACORN]], the '''A'''dditive '''Co'''ngruential '''R'''andom '''N'''umber Generator
*[[Inversive congruential generator]]
*[[Explicit inversive congruential generator]]
*[[Compound generators]]
*[[Prime modulus multiplicative linear congruential generator]]
*[[ACG]]
*[[AWC]]
*[[AWC]]
*[[SCG]]
*[[SWB]]
*[[PSWB]]
*[[MRG]]
*[[C2MRG3]]
*[[C2MRG3]]
*[[C2TAUS]]
*[[C2TAUS]]
*[[Compound generators]]
*[[Explicit inversive congruential generator]]
*[[Generalized feedback shift register generators (GFSR)]]
*[[Inversive congruential generator]]
*[[Linear congruential generator]]
*[[MCG31]] a 31-bit multiplicative congruential generator
*[[MCG59]] a 59-bit multiplicative congruential generator
*[[MRG]]
*[[MT19937]]
*[[MT19937]]
*[[MT2203]]
*[[Multiple recursive generators]]
*[[OpenMP Parallel Statistical Random Number Generator (OMPRNG)]]
*[[Prime modulus multiplicative linear congruential generator]]
*[[PSWB]]
*[[ran2 (Numerical Recipes)]]
*[[RANDU]]
*[[RANDU]]
*[[RCARRY]]
*[[RANLUX]]
*[[RANLUX]]
*[[RCARRY]]
*[[Scalable Parallel Random Number Generators Library (SPRNG)]]
*[[SCG]]
*[[SWB]]
*[[Wichmann-Hill pseudorandom number generator]]
==Applications==
==Applications==
*[[Monte Carlo | Monte Carlo simulations]]
*[[Numbers with a Gaussian distribution]]
*[[Random vector on a sphere]]
*[[Random vector on a sphere]]
==People==
==People==
*[[Pierre L'Ecuyer]]
*[[Pierre L'Ecuyer]]
*[[George Marsaglia]]
*[[George Marsaglia]]
[[category: Computer simulation techniques]]
[[category: Computer simulation techniques]]
[[category:mathematics]]
[[category:mathematics]]
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