Fast generation of uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers with floating-point representation

12 December 1974

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 10 (25-26) , 533-534
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19740423

Abstract

A new method is presented for generating uniformly distributed pesudorandom numbers with a floating-point representation. The mantissa and exponent are considered as statistically independent variables, the first possessing a uniform frequency distribution and the second a truncated geometric distribution. A digital hardware implementation of the system features fast single-clock-pulse operation.

Keywords

DIGITAL HARDWARE
EXPONENT
SINGLE CLOCK PULSE OPERATION
PROBABILITY
COMBINATIONAL LOGIC
MINICOMPUTER
UNIFORM FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
MANTISSA
TRUNCATED GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION
PSEUDORANDOM NUMBERS
FLOATING POINT
ALGORITHM

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