scope:

This Standard specifies methods for generating uniform and non-uniform random variates for Monte Carlo simulation purposes. Cryptographic random number generation methods are not included in this Standard.
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.