[Rd] random seed (PR#804)
Prof Brian D Ripley
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:40:17 +0000 (GMT)
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 kai-wang@uiowa.edu wrote:
> Full_Name: Kai Wang
> Version: 1.2.0 (2000-12-15)
> OS: Red Hat Linux 7.0
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.255.176.68)
>
>
> In simulation analyses that use function rnorm(1), I encountered the following
> error message from time to time:
>
> .Random.seed[2] is not a valid integer
>
> The chance of such error message is about 1/20000 replications.
>
> I am using the precompiled RPM for alpha on a Compaq XP 1000 workstation. When I
> compiled R myself, the same problem exists.
Can you confirm which random number generator you are using?
The default one?
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