Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Random and Dieharder et al.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Random and Dieharder et al.
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-01 21:31:39

AMDG

Patricia Hawley wrote:
> I am working with a team developing some utilities for a simulation,
> and one of our requirements is to test the quality of the random
> generators.
> We based the utility on Boost.Random, but now have to show that that
> was a good decision.
> Has anyone verified the generators (e.g. Mersenne Twister or Linear
> Congruential ) in Boost.Random pass the Dieharder, Ent, and/or TestU01
> suites?
>   

You ought to be able to find results for mt19937 from these tests.
The authors of TestU01 at least provide a table showing results
for many generators in their paper.
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lecuyer/myftp/papers/testu01.pdf

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe