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Ziggurat algorithm

The ziggurat algorithm is an algorithm for pseudo-random number sampling. Belonging to the class of rejection sampling algorithms, it relies on an underlying source of uniformly-distributed random numbers, typically from a pseudo-random number generator, as well as precomputed tables. The algorithm is used to generate values from a monotonically…

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Ziggurat algorithm

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related to Optimizations · 12
Ziggurat algorithm → IEEE, If U0, Most, Nothing, Rather, See, The, These, U0, U0xi, When, With
related to Fallback algorithms for the tail · 6
Ziggurat algorithm → Another, Because, For, One, The, U1
related to Theory of operation · 3
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Ziggurat algorithm → algorithm for pseudo-random number sampling, rejection sampling algorithm

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