ziggurat algorithm

noun

An algorithm for pseudorandom number sampling, relying on an underlying source of uniformly-distributed random numbers as well as computed tables.

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Meanings

nounziggurat algorithm (plural ziggurat algorithms)

plural ziggurat algorithms

  1. mathematicsAn algorithm for pseudorandom number sampling, relying on an underlying source of uniformly-distributed random numbers as well as computed tables.
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