NHSE Software Catalog

prng - KSR Parallel Random Number Generator

url

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/UserDoc/Software/PTools/prng/

abstract

Prng (parallel random number generator) is a set of routines included in
the Cornell Theory Center library (libctc.a) on the KSR for generating and
using random numbers within parallel programs. It gives the user access
to 1022 independent random number generators.

keywords

random number generation; numerical library

environment

KSR, MIMD achitecture