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From: paul@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Paul Schinder)
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Subject: Need tests for random number generators
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Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 00:54:00 EST
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I am doing Monte Carlo integrations on several different machines, and I am
using several different random number generators.  I don't know how reliable
these generators actually are. Does anyone out there have a test program
which will take the output of a random number generator and check the
numbers produced to see whether they are suitable for use as random numbers?
What tests are usually used to test random number generators?

Thanks.
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				Paul Schinder
				Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
				University of Chicago
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