DocumentCode
2321709
Title
Pseudo Random Number Generation for Parallelized Jobs on Clusters
Author
Mikailov, Mike ; Sudarsan, Sithu D. ; Luo, Fu-Jyh
Author_Institution
Office of Sci. & Eng. Labs., US Food & Drug Adm., Silver Spring, MD, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
13-16 May 2012
Firstpage
680
Lastpage
681
Abstract
Pseudo random number generators designed for use in programs to be run serially do not function as intended when multiple instances of the programs are run in parallel. We discuss two techniques to address this issue. Further, we verify our techniques using a case study involving statistical analysis.
Keywords
parallel programming; program verification; random number generation; cluster; parallel job; program verification; pseudo random number generation; statistical analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Arrays; Clustering algorithms; Computational modeling; Drugs; Generators; Random number generation; Cluster; Grid; Parallel; Pseudo Random Number Generation; Unique;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid), 2012 12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1395-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCGrid.2012.69
Filename
6217483
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