Dieharder
dieharder
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php
is a random number generator (rng) testing suite.
Dieharder is a random number generator (rng) testing suite. It is intended to test generators, not files of possibly random numbers as the latter is a fallacious view of what it means to be random. Is the number 7 random? If it is generated by a random process, it might be. If it is made up to serve the purpose of some argument (like this one) it is not. Perfect random number generators produce "unlikely" sequences of random numbers -- at exactly the right average rate. Testing a rng is therefore quite subtle. dieharder is a tool designed to permit one to push a weak generator to unambiguous failure (at the e.g. 0.0001% level), not leave one in the "limbo" of 1% or 5% maybe-failure. It also contains many tests and is extensible so that eventually it will contain many more tests than it already does.
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert G. Brown | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Mailing List Subscribe | https://lists.phy.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/dieharder-devel |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dieharder | |
| Help | Mailing List Subscribe | https://lists.phy.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/dieharder-announce |
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