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Ironseed: Improved Random Number Generator Seeding

Description

A procedure for seeding R's built in random number generators using a variable-length sequence of values. Accumulates input entropy into a 256-bit hash digest or "ironseed" and is able to generate a variable-length sequence of output seeds from an ironseed.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Reed Cartwright racartwright@gmail.com (ORCID)

Other contributors:

  • National Science Foundation DBI-1929850 [funder]

See Also

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