The GPSS/360 random number generator

Authors:
Harry Felder
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Venue:
Proceedings of the second conference on Applications of simulations
Year:
1968

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Abstract

This study of yet another URNG has been designated with a particular user of URNG in mind: the General Purpose Simulation System/360 user. By eliminating from consideration such uses of the tested generator as large Monte Carlo calculations on nuclear energy problems, and considering only the typical uses of URNG by GPSS/360 problems, a more suitable testing procedure was devised. Appropriately enough, the URNG studied was the one included in GPSS/360.** (Actually, there are eight URNG in GPSS/360, but they use identical generation schemes.) Each of the eight GPSS/360 URNG has one parameter, a “multiplier”, which the user may alter, causing a new sequence of random numbers to be generated. The goal of this study was to locate multipliers whose sequences would meet a number of criteria desirable if the sequences are to be used in GPSS/360 simulations.