On Jul 7, 3:42*pm, spop...@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote:
> Clay *<c...@claysturner.com> wrote:
> >On Jul 7, 2:53*pm, spop...@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote:
> >> For example, with a maximal-length sequence formed from a
> >> polynomial over GF(2), it's often practical to jump to
> >> a prescribed point in the middle of the sequence, or to
> >> examine the register contents and figure out where you
> >> are in the sequence. *Can a Mersenne twister do that?
> >Yes you can start the twister anywhere you want in the sequence.
> >Likewise a small number (compared to the length) of observations can
> >tell you the starting state. It is not for cryptographic use because
> >of these properties. I'm not sure how one would measure the distance a
> >current state is away from a defined starting state without clocking
> >it through all of the intervening states. Here its long period makes
> >it take a while!
>
> Thanks.
>
> I've never used the Twister acutally. *If I need something
> stronger or more random than an LFSR I usually go with DES or AES, or
> something derived from them. *
>
> Steve

I use it quite a bit. It works very well as a random number generator
for games. Also I use it for all sorts of monte carlo testing. It is
even good for monte carlo integration.

Clay