1 Scope
This International Standard specifies methods for generating uniform and non-uniform random variates for Monte Carlo simulation purposes. Cryptographic random number generation methods are not included. This International Standard is applicable, inter alia, by
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— researchers, industrial engineers or experts in operations management, who use statistical simulation,
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— statisticians who need randomization related to SQC methods, statistical design of experiments or sample surveys,
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— applied mathematicians who plan complex optimization procedures that require the use of Monte Carlo methods, and
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— software engineers who implement algorithms for random variate generation.