randomn(1)

RandomN

Return a pseudo uniform random deviate between 0 and 1 using the algorithm of Park and Miller with a Marsaglia shift sequence.

Usage

rn = RandomN (seed)

Parameters

rn : output, real(dp)
    The uniform random deviate.

seed : input/output, integer(int32)
    Input a negative integer to (re-)initialize the random number generator. Afterwards, this argument should not be modified.

Description

RandomN will return a uniform random deviate between 0 and 1 (exclusive of the endpoints) using the algorithm of Park and Miller combined with a Marsaglia shift sequence. The random number generator is intialized by calling with a negative value of seed, and afterwards this variable should not be modified. The period of this generator is claimed to be about 3.1 10^18 (see Press et al. 2002).

References

Press, W.H., S.A. Teukolsky, W.T. Vetterling, and B.P. Flannery, Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN 90: Volume 2 of FORTRAN numerical recipes, 2nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002.

See also

randomgaussian