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PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

M. Saito
M. Matsumoto
V. Roca, Ed.
E. Baccelli

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8682

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Abstract

This document describes the TinyMT32 Pseudorandom Number Generator(PRNG), which produces 32-bit pseudorandom unsigned integers and aimsat having a simple-to-use and deterministic solution. This PRNG is asmall-sized variant of the Mersenne Twister (MT) PRNG. The mainadvantage of TinyMT32 over MT is the use of a small internal state,compatible with most target platforms that include embedded devices,while keeping reasonably good randomness that represents asignificant improvement compared to the Park-Miller LinearCongruential PRNG. However, neither the TinyMT nor MT PRNG is meantto be used for cryptographic applications.

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