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Package cern.jet.random.engine
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Engines generating strong uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers;
Needed by all JET probability distributions since they rely on uniform random numbers to generate random numbers from their own distribution.
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<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../cern/jet/random/engine/Benchmark.html" title="class in cern.jet.random.engine">Benchmark</A></B></TD>
<TD>Benchmarks the performance of the currently provided uniform pseudo-random number generation engines.</TD>
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<TD>Quick medium quality uniform pseudo-random number generator.</TD>
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<TD>MersenneTwister (MT19937) is one of the strongest uniform pseudo-random number generators known so far; at the same time it is quick.</TD>
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<TD>Same as <tt>MersenneTwister</tt> except that method <tt>raw()</tt> returns 64 bit random numbers instead of 32 bit random numbers.</TD>
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<TD>Abstract base class for uniform pseudo-random number generating engines.</TD>
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<TD>(Seemingly gigantic) table of good seeds for pseudo-random number generators.</TD>
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Engines generating strong uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers;
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