pseudo-random generator concept
| Definition | A deterministic rule that produces a sequence indistinguishable from chance from a starting value, the seed, so that a simulation which records its seed reruns to the last digit and one that does not cannot. Primer S section S.11. Also pseudo-random, random number generator. |
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| Example | A generator started from seed 0 gives the same draws on every run, and a different seed gives different ones. |
| Book | Data Mining as Observation, draft 0.2, commit f3914f0; entry id pseudo-random-generator, kind concept. |
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First stated
Primer S section S.11 of Data Mining as Observation, added in draft 0.3 (2026-09-09) for the ECE 514 readers whose first courses are far behind. The idea is standard and TSK Appendix C covers it at length.
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Used in
Data Mining as Observation primer S.
Related
seed; Monte Carlo; null model.
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