scope:

This International Standard specifies methods for generating uniform and non-uniform random variates for Monte Carlo simulation purposes. Cryptographic random number generation methods are not included. This International Standard is applicable, inter alia, by

- researchers, industrial engineers or experts in operations management, who use statistical simulation,

- statisticians who need randomization related to SQC methods, statistical design of experiments or sample surveys,

- applied mathematicians who plan complex optimization procedures that require the use of Monte Carlo methods, and

- software engineers who implement algorithms for random variate generation.