|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Michael:
It was written in Fortran in the 1970's., before Metastock existed.
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Samerski, Michael (Australia) <msamerski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 11:19 PM
Subject: RE: Random Number Generation
>That's nice but,
>
>WAS IT WRITTEN IN METASTOCK????
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lionel and Gail Issen [SMTP:lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 5 November 1998 6:11
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Random Number Generation
>>
>> Joe:
>>
>> A couple of decades ago I used a random number generator in which you
>> put in
>> a seed number, any number, and a maximum number. The program had been
>> developed for generating random numbers from a personnel, voting,
>> membership
>> or whatever list. The program then generated a random set of numbers
>> none
>> larger than the maximum number that was specified in the input. Each
>> generated number was the seed for the next number.
>>
>> Lionel
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 11:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: Random Number Generation
>>
>>
>> >Every computer random number system that I've seen use alogrithms
>> that
>> require
>> >a "seed number" to generate the number set. It's a Catch-22
>> situation. A
>> >random seed number is needed to generate a random set of numbers but
>> if you
>> >could generate a random seed number you wouldn't need the algorithm
>> to
>> >generate the random number set. A rather amusing situation came up a
>> number
>> of
>> >years ago at the place I worked. The company instituted a "random"
>> drug
>> test
>> >program. Those that were chosen to be tested (mostly union employees)
>> were
>> >selected from the payroll list using a "random" number computer
>> generated
>> >system. The same names kept coming up and the union charged the
>> company
>> with
>> >harassment of these individuals. I was in the maintenance department
>> at the
>> >time but mentioned to the head of personnel that it appeared that the
>> computer
>> >department was not changing the "seed number" in their program. He
>> said
>> that
>> >he would look into it. He later told me that that was not the case
>> but the
>> >problem suddenly corrected itself and different people were selected
>> for
>> >testing. I'm sure it had nothing to do with it but when the head of
>> the
>> >computer department retired I was asked to take his job. I guess my
>> masters
>> >degree in applied mathematics paid off in more than just my
>> investment
>> >analysis.
>> >Good investing.
>> >Joe Nemecek
>> >
|