Re: [R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, gracezhang wrote: Hi, I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? rng.lcg-function(x,p1=16807,p2=0,N=2147483647){(x*p1+p2)%%N} Dave -- Dr. David Forrest [EMAIL PROTECTED](804)684-7900w [EMAIL PROTECTED] (804)642-0662h http://maplepark.com/~drf5n/ __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
[R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
Hi, I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? Thanks, Grace -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Random-Number-Generator-of-Park-and-Miller-tf3642535.html#a10172789 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
[R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
Hi, I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? Thanks, Grace -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Random-Number-Generator-of-Park-and-Miller-tf3636501.html#a10154554 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
[R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
Hi, I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? Thanks, Grace -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Random-Number-Generator-of-Park-and-Miller-tf3636502.html#a10154558 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
gracezhang wrote: Hi, I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? I failed too. However, here is the source code http://www.firstpr.com.au/dsp/rand31/ which can be either easily rewritten to R or compiled to the shared library, providing functions, callable from R -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Random-Number-Generator-of-Park-and-Miller-tf3636502.html#a10154560 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Random Number Generator of Park and Miller
By the way, AFAIK, R uses the Mersenne-Twister random number generator, which has a much better reputation for producing numbers than any linear congruential PRNG (the same url, http://www.firstpr.com.au/dsp/rand31/) gracezhang wrote: I failed to search for R package providing random number generator of Park and Miller. Anyone know any R package supporting this kind of function? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Random-Number-Generator-of-Park-and-Miller-tf3636502.html#a10154562 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.