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arxiv: math/0410385 · v1 · submitted 2004-10-18 · 🧮 math.ST · cond-mat.stat-mech· hep-lat· physics.comp-ph· stat.TH

A Generic Random Number Generator Test Suite

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The heart of every Monte Carlo simulation is a source of high quality random numbers and the generator has to be picked carefully. Since the ``Ferrenberg affair'' it is known to a broad community that statistical tests alone do not suffice to determine the quality of a generator, but also application-based tests are needed. With the inclusion of an extensible random number library and the definition of a generic interface into the revised C++ standard it will be important to have access to an extensive C++ random number test suite. Most currently available test suites are limited to a subset of tests are written in Fortran or C and cannot easily be used with the C++ random number generator library.

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