Xorshift RNGs

George Marsaglia

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Abstract

Description of a class of simple, extremely fast random number generators (RNGs) with periods 2k - 1 for k = 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192. These RNGs seem to pass tests of randomness very well.

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Published:
Jul 4, 2003
DOI:
10.18637/jss.v008.i14