Random Numbers and Computers

• Main Author: Kneusel, Ronald T. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Numerical analysis.; Algorithms.; Data encryption (Computer science).; Mathematical statistics.; Numeric Computing.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Cryptology.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.

This book covers pseudorandom number generation algorithms, evaluation techniques, and offers practical advice and code examples. Random Numbers and Computers is an essential introduction or refresher on pseudorandom numbers in computer science. The first comprehensive book on the topic, readers are...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Random and Pseudorandom Sequences
• 2 Generating Uniform Random Numbers
• 3 Generating Nonuniform Random Numbers
• 4 Testing Pseudorandom Generators
• 5 Parallel Random Number Generators
• 6 Cryptographically Secure Pseudorandom Number Generators
• 7 Other Random Sequences. .