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77.195.103.70: typo (volunme) volume

2019-09-04T18:16:18Z

typo (volunme) volume

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	The term ACG (Additive Congruential Generator) appears to have been used for a variant of the LCG (Linear Congruential Generator described by Knuth TAOCP ~~Volunme~~ 2, Algorithm M).		The term ACG (Additive Congruential Generator) appears to have been used for a variant of the LCG (Linear Congruential Generator described by Knuth TAOCP Volume 2, Algorithm M).

2019-07-05T08:37:02Z

clarification:

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	The term ACG (Additive Congruential Generator) appears to have been used for a variant of the LCG (Linear Congruential Generator described by Knuth TAOCP Volunme 2, Algorithm M).		The term ACG (Additive Congruential Generator) appears to have been used for a variant of the LCG (Linear Congruential Generator described by Knuth TAOCP Volunme 2, Algorithm M).

	ACG is not to be confused with [[ACORN]] (Additive Congruential Random Number Generator.
			ACG is not to be confused with [[ACORN]] (the Additive Congruential Random Number Generator) which is an entirely different algorithm which has different performance, theoretical, and empirical properties.

2019-07-05T08:31:13Z

clarification:

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	ACG is not to be confused with [[ACORN]]		The term ACG (Additive Congruential Generator) appears to have been used for a variant of the LCG (Linear Congruential Generator described by Knuth TAOCP Volunme 2, Algorithm M).

			ACG is not to be confused with [[ACORN]] (Additive Congruential Random Number Generator.

2019-05-23T07:19:07Z

viz. ACORN

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	The '''additive congruential random number generator''' ('''AC'''O'''RN''') <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(89)90221-0 R. S. Wikramaratna "ACORN—A new method for generating sequences of uniformly distributed Pseudo-random Numbers", Journal of Computational Physics '''83''' pp. 16-31 (1989)]</ref> which is ~~described in detail and~~ with ~~full references on the official web site http://~~ACORN~~.wikramaratna.org~~		ACG is not to be confused with [[ACORN]]


	~~Advantages of ACORN (from http://ACORN.wikramaratna.org/critique.html):~~
	~~<li>extremely light-weight code (a few lines) with reproducible results in any high-level language and on any platform; </li>~~
	~~<li>theoretical convergence is mathematically proven; </li>~~
	~~<li>all current empirical test suites for PRNGs are passed; </li>~~
	~~<li>can be easily extended to give sequences with longer period length, and improved statistical performance over higher dimensions and with higher precision.</li>~~

2019-05-21T22:34:43Z

link to ACORN web site

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	The '''additive congruential generator''' (~~ACORN~~) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(89)90221-0 R. S. Wikramaratna "ACORN—A new method for generating sequences of uniformly distributed Pseudo-random Numbers", Journal of Computational Physics '''83''' pp. 16-31 (1989)]</ref>.

			The '''additive congruential random number generator''' ('''AC'''O'''RN''') <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(89)90221-0 R. S. Wikramaratna "ACORN—A new method for generating sequences of uniformly distributed Pseudo-random Numbers", Journal of Computational Physics '''83''' pp. 16-31 (1989)]</ref> which is described in detail and with full references on the official web site http://ACORN.wikramaratna.org


			Advantages of ACORN (from http://ACORN.wikramaratna.org/critique.html):
			<li>extremely light-weight code (a few lines) with reproducible results in any high-level language and on any platform; </li>
			<li>theoretical convergence is mathematically proven; </li>
			<li>all current empirical test suites for PRNGs are passed; </li>
			<li>can be easily extended to give sequences with longer period length, and improved statistical performance over higher dimensions and with higher precision.</li>


	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>

	[[Category: Random numbers]]		[[Category: Random numbers]]

2015-10-28T16:51:55Z

Added reference

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	The '''additive congruential generator'''. ~~Not recommended~~ for ~~serious work~~.		{{stub-general}}
			The '''additive congruential generator''' (ACORN) <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(89)90221-0 R. S. Wikramaratna "ACORN—A new method for generating sequences of uniformly distributed Pseudo-random Numbers", Journal of Computational Physics '''83''' pp. 16-31 (1989)]</ref>.
	==References==		==References==
			<references/>

	[[Category: Random numbers]]		[[Category: Random numbers]]

2007-04-24T13:29:59Z

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			The '''additive congruential generator'''. Not recommended for serious work.
	==References==		==References==
	[[Category: Random numbers]]		[[Category: Random numbers]]

2007-03-20T17:19:42Z

New page: ==References== Category: Random numbers

New page

==References==
[[Category: Random numbers]]