如果令m=2^b,那么理论已经证明,能够获得的最大周期是2^(b-2),也就是说只能产生[0,m)之间四分之一的数据,且这四分之一的数据如何分布是未知的,很可能显示出来的效果并不是均匀的。换个思路,我们将m设置为小于2^b的最大质数。凑巧的是,如果b为31,这个最大质数是2^31-1。确定这个m以后,a的选择满足:min(使a^l-1能被m整除的l)=m-1。这样的选择组合下,周期是m-1。目前大多数软件选择将a设置为a1=7^5=16807或a2=630360016。
这种随机数发生器称为PMMLCG(prime modulus multiplicative linear congruential generators).
用C语言实现的PMMLCG源代码如下,代码由Averill M. Law提供。
static long zrng[] =
{ 1,
1973272912, 281629770, 20006270,1280689831,2096730329,1933576050,
913566091, 246780520,1363774876, 604901985,1511192140,1259851944,
824064364, 150493284, 242708531, 75253171,1964472944,1202299975,
233217322,1911216000, 726370533, 403498145, 993232223,1103205531,
762430696,1922803170,1385516923, 76271663, 413682397, 726466604,
336157058,1432650381,1120463904, 595778810, 877722890,1046574445,
68911991,2088367019, 748545416, 622401386,2122378830, 640690903,
1774806513,2132545692,2079249579, 78130110, 852776735,1187867272,
1351423507,1645973084,1997049139, 922510944,2045512870, 898585771,
243649545,1004818771, 773686062, 403188473, 372279877,1901633463,
498067494,2087759558, 493157915, 597104727,1530940798,1814496276,
536444882,1663153658, 855503735, 67784357,1432404475, 619691088,
119025595, 880802310, 176192644,1116780070, 277854671,1366580350,
1142483975,2026948561,1053920743, 786262391,1792203830,1494667770,
1923011392,1433700034,1244184613,1147297105, 539712780,1545929719,
190641742,1645390429, 264907697, 620389253,1502074852, 927711160,
364849192,2049576050, 638580085, 547070247 };
float lcgrand(int stream)
{
long zi, lowprd, hi31;
zi = zrng[stream];
lowprd = (zi & 65535) * MULT1;
hi31 = (zi >> 16) * MULT1 + (lowprd >> 16);
zi = ((lowprd & 65535) - MODLUS) +
((hi31 & 32767) << 16) + (hi31 >> 15);
if (zi < 0) zi += MODLUS;
lowprd = (zi & 65535) * MULT2;
hi31 = (zi >> 16) * MULT2 + (lowprd >> 16);
zi = ((lowprd & 65535) - MODLUS) +
((hi31 & 32767) << 16) + (hi31 >> 15);
if (zi < 0) zi += MODLUS;
zrng[stream] = zi;
return (zi >> 7 | 1) / 16777216.0;
}