Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1993-04-13
Comput.Phys.Commun. 86 (1995) 209-226
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
University of Helsinki preprint HU-TFT-93-22 (minor changes in Tables 2 and 7, and in the text, correspondingly)
Scientific paper
10.1016/0010-4655(95)00015-8
We present results of an extensive test program of a group of pseudorandom number generators which are commonly used in the applications of physics, in particular in Monte Carlo simulations. The generators include public domain programs, manufacturer installed routines and a random number sequence produced from physical noise. We start by traditional statistical tests, followed by detailed bit level and visual tests. The computational speed of various algorithms is also scrutinized. Our results allow direct comparisons between the properties of different generators, as well as an assessment of the efficiency of the various test methods. This information provides the best available criterion to choose the best possible generator for a given problem. However, in light of recent problems reported with some of these generators, we also discuss the importance of developing more refined physical tests to find possible correlations not revealed by the present test methods.
Ala-Nissila Tapio
Kankaala Kari
Saarinen Jarkko J.
Vattulainen Ilpo
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