On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Dr RJF Hudson wrote: > Mmm ..random number generation is a massive subject > never too far from a practitioners mind, is it. > Its always attached to a question mark with me. > Full marks are surely due to the wizards behind the reseach. > In one sentence or two, do you know, please what tests are > used to demonstrate randomness > of the output observations ? > Just asking, is all.
The currently canonical test suite seems to be TestU01, devised by P. L'Ecuyer and R. Simard. See http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~simardr/testu01/tu01.html The elements of the test are derived from various sources, including several from Donald Knuth of TeX fame. Allin Cottrell
