New methods for generating student's t and gamma variables

Computer methods for sampling from gamma, beta, poisson and bionomial distributions

J. H. Ahrens, U. Dieter · Computing · 1974 · 331 citations

Natural Sciences, Biostatistics, Mathematics +14

Generalized Feedback Shift Register Pseudorandom Number Algorithm

T. Lewis, William H. Payne · Journal of the ACM · 1973 · 314 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +13

Computer Generation of Random Variables Using the Ratio of Uniform Deviates

A. J. Kinderman, John F. Monahan · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software · 1977 · 220 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +9

The Generation of Gamma Variables with Non-Integral Shape Parameter

R. C. H. Cheng · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) · 1977 · 101 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Optimization +4

Computer generation of gamma random variables

Pandu R. Tadikamalla · Communications of the ACM · 1978 · 53 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Statistical Computing +13