Computers - Algorithms - Pseudorandom Numbers
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Random.org - True Random Number Service
- True random number generator with CORBA and WWW interfaces. Numbers are generated with atmospheric noise. Source code for many clients (Java, Perl, C++, etc.) online.
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HotBits: Genuine Random Numbers
- HotBits is a service which generates random data from the decay of radioactive material and sends it over the internet.
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Random Number Generation, Taygeta Scientific Inc.
- Information and articles on random number generation.
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The pLab Project
- A server on the theory and practice of random number generation.
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Pseudo Random Number Generators
- Algorithms for good random number generators with theoretical discussion and software examples.
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Mersenne Twister: A Random Number Generator
- Fast generator of fixed high period implemented in various languages. Includes a paper about the mathematical foundations.
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NIST: Random Number Generation and Testing
- Project to develop a battery of statistical tests to detect nonrandomness in binary sequences, to produce documentation and a software implementation of these tests, and to provide guidance in the use of these tests.
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Luc Devroye: Random Number Generation
- Links to downloadable papers, related journals, and links to software.
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Segobit Software: Random Number Generator Pro
- Windows application to generate several random numbers in a given range, subject to constraints like excluding certain digits.
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WWW Virtual Library: Random numbers and Monte Carlo Methods
- Links to related conferences, papers, software, webpages, people.
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ComScire (Quantum World Corp)
- Device driver for random number generation using entropy sources within a PC using no additional hardware. On-line purchase, free download of trial version.
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Try to Find Where the Ball Is Hidden
- A small test to see how well humans can generate random numbers compared to computer predictions.
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Netlib: Random Number Generators
- Source code for various random number generators in C and Fortran, including the well-known RANLIB library supporting many continuous and discrete probability distributions.
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Pseudo-random Numbers
- A guide to the literature.
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HENKOS Pseudorandom Number Generator
- Presents and evaluates this generator, intended for use as a key generator for a one-time pad cipher.
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EntropyPool and Entropy Filter
- A demonstration of the EntropyPool, entropy filter and gatherer daemon, gathering random noise from a number of sources. Download random bits or the Java source.
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Lavarand
- A system by which a pseudorandom number generator is seeded by cryptographic hash of the digital output of a photograph of six Lava Lite lamps.
