The Role and Impact of Pseudorandom Numbers in Simulations

This assignment explores the use of pseudorandom numbers in simulations, highlighting their role and impact.

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TheRoleandImpactofPseudorandomNumbersinSimulationsDiscussion1Whydoweusepseudorandomnumbersinsimulations?Howdopseudorandomnumbersaffecttheaccuracyofasimulation?Weusepseudorandomnumbersinsimulationsbecauseweneedtoemploytheuseofrandomnumbers.Theonlywaytotrulyderiveatrandomnumberswouldbebyprocessofspinningaroulettewheel“(TaylorIl,2011,p.634)".Theuseofpseudorandomnumbersprovidesanartificialmannerofrandomnumbercreationforuseinsimulations.Pseudorandomnumbersarecreatedthroughamathematicalprocessthatareuniformlydistributed,notreflectiveofasequentialpatternandmaintainanefficientnumericaltechnique“(TaylorIll,2011,p.634)".Theaffectofpseudorandomnumbersonasimulationcanbeextensiveifthenumbersarenotsignificantlyrandom.Thelackoftrulyrandomnumberswillcauseinvalidresults,whichmeansthatthesimulationisnotpracticalfortheintendeduse.Ifthepseudorandomnumbersmeetthecriteriaasmentionedinparagraphoneabovethenthesimulationwillproducevalidresults“(TaylorIll,2011,p.634)”.|StudyXY

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