Title: Parallel and Distributed Quasirandom Numbers
Abstract:
Software support for
quasirandom number generation on regular, serial, computers is based on
downloading special software from a collection of rather disjointed web
sites. For parallel and distributed systems, the situation is much worse,
as there does not exist any software at all for quasirandom number
generation. The SPRNG
library has become a de facto standard for pseudorandom number
generation on parallel, and soon distributed, computing platforms. We
describe a new project to provide quasirandom numbers for parallel and
distributed systems based on
(1) blocking existing quasirandom number generations methods,
(2) parameterization of existing quasirandom number generations methods, and
(3) using full-period pseudorandom number generation methods to provide low
discrepancy point sets.
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