2013/2/18 Daniel Nordlund <djnordl...@frontier.com>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] >> On Behalf Of Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini >> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 1:33 AM >> 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. > > No guessing necessary, as the R-help is quite explicit
Thank you very much for all the replies. I was asking because I did not see any 'rng.kind' argument within the 'runif' function, and I wanted to be sure that what is mentioned in the help page of '.Random.seed' is valid for 'runif' and all the related functions. Thanks again, Mauricio -- ====================================== Linux user #454569 -- Ubuntu user #17469 ====================================== "Where ambition ends happiness begins" (Source Unknown) ====================================== http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
