rngV {MiscMath}R Documentation

Vectorized Congruential Random Number Generator

Description

Basic vectorized implementation of the linear congruential generator for simulating uniform random numbers on the interval (0, 1).

Usage

rngV(n, seed, par) 

Arguments

n

numeric: number of variates to generate.

seed

numeric: initial seed.

par

an integer vector containing parameters for the generator: a, cc, m, L.

Value

a vector of n uniform random numbers

References

Anderson, S.L. (1990) Random number generators on vector supercomputers and other advanced architectures. SIAM Review, 32(2):221-251.

Examples

x <- rngV(1000, 6976, c(171, 0, 30269, 10))
summary(x)

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