Hi Jason,
As far as I know the answer is yes. Although I have never explicitly
compared random number streams, I have run up to 30 or so independent
simulations with consecutive ig values and have not observed any
correlation.
-Dan
On Saturday, March 26, 2011, Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I had a quick question about the Marsaglia generator that Amber uses. If I
> want to start two independent random number streams that are uncorrelated,
> can I use the seeds ig and ig+1 in general? I would imagine that I'm fine
> doing that, but I wanted to make sure before I just adopted that approach
> without thinking.
>
> I could of course run a whole bunch of tests to prove it to myself, but I
> thought someone here may be able to help save me some time.
>
> Thanks!
> Jason
>
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> University of Florida
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