Linear and inversive pseudorandom numbers for parallel and distributed simulation

Author

Entacher, K. ; Uhl, A. ; Wegenkittl, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math., Salzburg Univ., Austria

fYear

1998

fDate

26-29 May 1998

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

97

Abstract

We discuss the use and possible abuse of linear and inversive pseudorandom numbers (PRNs) in parallel and distributed environments. After an investigation of properties of PRNs which determine how these may be applied in such environments, we introduce a software package which provides a unified and easy to use approach to the generating and handling of parallel streams of such PRNs. Experimental results are conducted which describe the features of the software package and compare the performance of two selected types of pseudorandom number generators

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; digital simulation; distributed algorithms; parallel programming; random number generation; PRNs; distributed environments; distributed simulation; inversive pseudorandom numbers; parallel simulation; parallel streams; pseudorandom number generators; software package; Application software; Computational modeling; Discrete event simulation; Discrete event systems; Distributed computing; Mathematics; Packaging; Protocols; Software packages; Statistical distributions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Simulation, 1998. PADS 98. Proceedings. Twelfth Workshop on

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8457-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PADS.1998.685274

Filename

685274