Re:The Xorshift128+ random number generator fails BigCrush
by Uzomidy on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:37PM
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This has nothing to do with cryptographic security or predictability.
This is about whether the output of the PRNG passes statistical tests for randomness. In a previous blog post by John D. Cook we saw that it failed the PractRand statistical test suite [1], and now we see that it also fails the older TestU01 suite, too.
When Xorshift128+ and Xoroshiro128+ were launched, they were claimed to be statistically excellent. Those claims have been shown to be false.
This is about whether the output of the PRNG passes statistical tests for randomness. In a previous blog post by John D. Cook we saw that it failed the PractRand statistical test suite [1], and now we see that it also fails the older TestU01 suite, too.
When Xorshift128+ and Xoroshiro128+ were launched, they were claimed to be statistically excellent. Those claims have been shown to be false.
[1] https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/08/14/testing-rngs-with-...