[R] Random Numbers

Ravi Varadhan rvaradha at jhsph.edu
Tue Dec 16 19:24:26 CET 2003


Take a look at the help for "RNGkind" as follows:

?RNGkind


Ravi.

----- Original Message -----
From: Silvia Perez Martin <silviarf83 at hotmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:45 pm
Subject: [R] Random Numbers

> Hello
> 
> I´m a student from Spain. I couldn´t find something about R and I 
> was asking 
> if someone could tell me which generator of random numbers use 
> "rnorm" and 
> "runif". I think I have discovered that in runif they use the 
> inversion 
> method, but I don´t find any clue where they use the Super-duper
> algorithm or the Marsaglia one, as I have read.
> 
> Thanks and sorry for my english.
> 
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