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Seeds for random number generators

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Techniques for choosing seeds for social and scientific applications of random number generators.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 5
        Wireless networking security
        May 2003
        84 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/769800
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