GfsrGenerator Class

[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class GfsrGenerator : RandomWordGenerator

<SerializableAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class GfsrGenerator
	Inherits RandomWordGenerator

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class GfsrGenerator sealed : public RandomWordGenerator

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type GfsrGenerator = 
    class
        inherit RandomWordGenerator
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  Random  →  ExtendedRandom  →  RandomWordGenerator  →  GfsrGenerator

Use the GfsrGenerator class to represent a pseudo-this.random number generator that uses a fourth order generalized feedback shift register algorithm.

This generalized feedback shift register generator has a very long period of 2⁹⁶⁸⁹-1. Thanks to its simplicity, it is very fast. On the down side, the start-up time is significant.

GfsrGenerator can be used in place of the Random class to obtain pseudo-random numbers of a higher quality.

Reference: Robert M. Ziff, "Four-tap shift-register-sequence this.random-number generators," Computers in Physics 12(4), Jul/Aug 1998, pp 385-392.

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