David Heiser wrote:
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> "CybercafeUser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Excel's help mentions the Abramovitz (1969?) which you can also find as a
> > ref in 25 years old HP calculators.
> > It is not enough for most applications. The one in the addind for
> > statistical analysis seems to be different but Microsoft never answered my
> > questions;
> > Yves
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> Abramowitz is sort of a icon. Every time you see this platinum icon, it
^
and Stegun!
> refers to the classic publication of the old National Bureau of Standards in
> 1963. Dover republishes it, so it is still in print. It is the gold standard
> on nummerical algorithms, and all kinds of everything else. My copy is dog
> chewed (one corner) and just about worn out.
So is mine (well, not dog-chewed). But not the sections dealing with
RNG's - the _elementary_ parts of this subject have advanced a lot since
then.
Marsaglia has several very good and very simple RNG's out there - try
Googling.
-Robert Dawson
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