Information on calculator Random Number Generators from PPC Journal articles

[Namir]

Pauli,

I ran the same test (just one run because you have a fixed way to initialize the random numbers). The maximum absolute auto-correlation value is 0.0281497. The Chi Square value is 21.612. The absolute auto-correlation value of your algorithm is better that the three algorithms I tested. The Chi Square value is higher than the Chi Square values or Algorithm 1 and Algorithm 2, but less than that of Algorithm 2. Your algorithm seems to generate numbers with better randomness, but a little bias in the distribution.

Overall, your algorithm is very nice and I consider it suitable for calculator games and application.

Have you tried to use a variable way to initialize x0?

Namir