https://github.com/juliarandom/randomnumbers.jl

Random Number Generators for the Julia Language.
https://github.com/juliarandom/randomnumbers.jl

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Random Number Generators for the Julia Language.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/juliarandom/randomnumbers.jl
• Owner: JuliaRandom
• License: other
• Created: 2016-04-26T09:53:31.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-22T20:37:27.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T22:04:14.044Z (about 2 years ago)
• Language: Julia
• Homepage: https://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable
• Size: 2.66 MB
• Stars: 96
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 21
• Open Issues: 16
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# RandomNumbers.jl

*Random number generators for the Julia language.*

Build Status

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Code Coverage:

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Documentation:

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**RandomNumbers.jl** is a package of [Julia](http://julialang.org/), in which several random number generators (RNGs)

are provided.

If you use the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL), [`VSL.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaRandom/VSL.jl) is also a good

choice for random number generation.

## Installation

This package is registered. The stable version of this package requires Julia `0.7+`. You can install it by:

```julia

(v1.0) pkg> add RandomNumbers

```

It is recommended to run the test suites before using the package:

```julia

(v1.0) pkg> test RandomNumbers

```

## RNG Families

There are four RNG families in this package:

- [PCG](http://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable/man/pcg/):

    A new family of RNG, based on *linear congruential generators*, using a *permuted function* to produce much

    more random output.

- [Mersenne Twister](http://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable/man/mersenne-twisters/):

    The most widely used RNG, with long period.

- [Random123](http://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable/man/random123/):

    A family of good-performance *counter-based* RNG.

- [Xorshift](http://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable/man/xorshifts/):

    A class of RNG based on *exclusive or* and *bit shift*.

Note that `Random123` is now made a separate package as [Random123.jl](https://github.com/JuliaRandom/Random123.jl).

## Usage

Please see the [documentation](http://juliarandom.github.io/RandomNumbers.jl/stable/man/basics/) for usage of this package.

## License

This package is under [MIT License](./LICENSE.md).