Sometimes you need random numbers — and properly random ones, at that. [Sean Boyce] whipped up a rig that serves up just that ...

Gambling games operate according to modern quality and safety standards. They always give different results every time without fail. Special random number generators are responsible for this, also ava ...

Encryption algorithms make use of random numbers to come up with session keys of a unique nature. This ensures that any person who might have accessed a past key will not decrypt any future ...

Such certification it turns out, is as tricky as generating the random number. It requires proving that the computer checking for randomness is truly an independently operating third party. “The main ...

Quick! Think of a number between 1 and 10…was it 7? If it was, don't feel too bad, as human brains are notoriously bad at ...

Continuous Random Variables Continuous random variables can represent any value within a specified range or interval and can take on an infinite number of possible values. An example would be an ...

Researchers used this computer to demonstrate a way of generating random numbers, then using a classical supercomputer ... could perform a discrete gate operation as required, between any of the ionic ...

This important study presents single-unit activity collected during model-based (MB) and model-free (MF) reinforcement learning in non-human primates. The dataset was carefully collected, and the ...