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| date = 3rd Edition, 1998 | publisher = Addison-Wesley}} </ref> | | date = 3rd Edition, 1998 | publisher = Addison-Wesley}} </ref> | ||
RFC 4086 [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4086.html] "Randomness Requirements for Security" is a good reference for computer applications of random numbers, especially where they need to be secure. | |||
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Revision as of 20:04, 2 August 2008
Anyone who considers arithmetical method of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin — John von Neumann (1951)
One standard reference for pseudo-random generators is Knuth [1]
RFC 4086 [1] "Randomness Requirements for Security" is a good reference for computer applications of random numbers, especially where they need to be secure.
References
- ↑ Knuth, Donald (3rd Edition, 1998), Chapter III, Random Numbers, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume II: Seminumerical Algorithms, Addison-Wesley