Top "Mersenne-twister" questions

The Mersenne Twister is a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) suitable for Monte-Carlo simulations.

How can I retrieve the current seed of NumPy's random number generator?

The following imports NumPy and sets the seed. import numpy as np np.random.seed(42) However, I'm not interested in …

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Generating number (0,1) using mersenne twister c++

I'm working on implementing R code into C++ so that it runs faster, but I am having difficulties implementing mersenne …

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How do I scale down numbers from rand()?

The following code outputs a random number each second: int main () { srand(time(NULL)); // Seeds number generator with execution time. …

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Does std::mt19937 require warmup?

I've read that many pseudo-random number generators require many samples in ordered to be "warmed up". Is that the case …

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Random numbers for multiple threads

Problem I intend to write a C++11 application for Linux which does some numerical simulation (not cryptography) based on approximately …

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How to properly seed a mersenne twister RNG?

This is actually not as simple as I first thought. In the absence of a hardware RNG, what is the …

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