PPOPP
2012
ACM
11 years 12 months ago
2012
ACM
Existing concurrency platforms for dynamic multithreading do not provide repeatable parallel random-number generators. This paper proposes that a mechanism called pedigrees be bui...
IACR
2011
12 years 4 months ago
2011
: Random number generator designs are discussed, which utilize oscillatory metastability, induced by switching between two stable states of ring‐connected di...
JOC
2011
12 years 7 months ago
2011
Physical random number generators (a.k.a. TRNGs) appear to be critical components of many cryptographic systems. Yet, such building blocks are still too seldom provided with a form...
IJCCBS
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
: True random number generators (TRNGs) are extensively used in cryptography, simulations and statistics. In this work, we introduce, extend and analyse the concept of the randomis...
TIT
1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
—A random number generator generates fair coin flips by processing deterministically an arbitrary source of nonideal randomness. An optimal random number generator generates asy...
MOC
2000
13 years 4 months ago
2000
We improve on a lattice algorithm of Tezuka for the computation of the k-distribution of a class of random number generators based on finite fields. We show how this is applied to ...
WSC
2001
13 years 5 months ago
2001
The requirements, design principles, and statistical testing approaches of uniform random number generators for simulation are briefly surveyed. An objectoriented random number pa...
FPGA
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
This paper introduces a method of constructing random number generators from four of the basic primitives provided by FPGAs: Flip-Flips, Lookup-Tables, Shift Registers, and RAMs. ...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
2008
Simulations often depend heavily on random numbers, yet the impact of random number generators is recognized seldom. The generation of random numbers for simulations is not trivia...
ACSC
2004
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
2004
IEEE
The collision test is an important statistical test for rejecting poor random number generators. The test simulates the throwing of balls randomly into urns. A problem in applying...