Document Type
Working Paper
Date
1996
Keywords
random number generators, Ising model, Monte Carlo Simulation
Language
English
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Mathematics
Description/Abstract
Large-scale Monte Carlo simulations require high-quality random number generators to ensure correct results. The contrapositive of this statement is also true – the quality of random number generators can be tested by using them in large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. We have tested many commonly used random number generators with high precision Monte Carlo simulations of the 2-d Ising model using the Metropolis, Swendsen-Wang, and Wolff algorithms. This work is being extended to the testing of random number generators for parallel computers. The results of these tests are presented, along with recommendations for random number generators for high-performance computers, particularly for lattice Monte Carlo simulations.
Recommended Citation
Coddington, Paul D., "Tests of random number generators using Ising model simulations" (1996). Northeast Parallel Architecture Center. 34.
https://surface.syr.edu/npac/34
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Additional Information
Int. J. of Mod. Phys.