On the same help page, it says "'RNGkind' is a more friendly interface to query
or set the kind of
RNG in use."
Try
RNGkind()
to see the currently selected RNG. The same function with kind= specified will
also change to another
S Ellison
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> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Mauricio
> Zambrano-Bigiarini
> Sent: 18 February 2013 09:33
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Random number generator used in 'runif'
>
> Dear list,
>
> For the implementation of a particular optimization algorithm
> it is very important the random number generator.
>
> I would like to know if somebody could tell me what is the
> random number generator used by default in the 'runif' function.
>
> >From the help page of 'runif' and '.Random.seed' I guess that the
> default algorithm is 'Mersenne-Twister', but I would be
> really grateful if somebody with experience in random number
> generators could confirm that or tell me what is the method
> actually used.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
>
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