A set of values or elements that is statistically random, but it is derived from a known starting point and is typically repeated over and over. Pseudo-random numbers provide necessary values for ...

A truly random number is something that is surprisingly difficult to generate. A typical approach is to generate the required element of chance from a natural and unpredictable source, such as ...

In this project, you will implement your own pseudo-random number generator (PRG) in Java. We will give you some of the code you need, and we will ask you to provide certain functions missing from the ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 29, No. 2 (1980), pp. 164-171 (8 pages) The lattice and spectral tests are shown to be suitable only for full-period ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 24, No. 1 (1975), pp. 132-135 (4 pages) In a recent paper, Neave has observed that the agreement between the observed and ...

Hackers love random numbers, or more accurately, the pursuit of them. It turns out that computers are so good at following our exacting instructions that they are largely incapable of doing anything ...

IEEE Spectrum – Engineers in Taiwan say they’ve invented a tiny low-power circuit based on memristors that could improve the security of data transmission over the Internet and of using Near Field ...