RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS

[mather at uicsl.UUCP]

A pretty good reference that contains many ideas on the theory
of computer generated random sequences is:

"Computer approaches to Mathematical Problems"
-by
	Nievergelt, Farrar, & Reingold
	Pretice Hall series in Automatic Computation

Chapter 4 is entitled: "Random Processes on Deterministic Computers"

You may find this helpful, if not fun to read.
Other chapters are on game-playing, decision making, the traveling
salesman problem (where to sleep when the farmer has no daughter),
backtracking, etc.
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				b.c.mather
				Software Surgeon
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