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<h3 class="section">18.5 Quasi-random number generator algorithms</h3>
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<p>The following quasi-random sequence algorithms are available,
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— Generator: <b>gsl_qrng_niederreiter_2</b><var><a name="index-gsl_005fqrng_005fniederreiter_005f2-1465"></a></var><br>
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<blockquote><p>This generator uses the algorithm described in Bratley, Fox,
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Niederreiter, <cite>ACM Trans. Model. Comp. Sim.</cite> 2, 195 (1992). It is
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valid up to 12 dimensions.
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— Generator: <b>gsl_qrng_sobol</b><var><a name="index-gsl_005fqrng_005fsobol-1466"></a></var><br>
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<blockquote><p>This generator uses the Sobol sequence described in Antonov, Saleev,
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<cite>USSR Comput. Maths. Math. Phys.</cite> 19, 252 (1980). It is valid up to
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