SOFTWARE
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Quasi-Random Numbers (Low Discrepancy sequences)
A quasirandom or low discrepancy sequence, such as the Faure, Halton, Hammersley, Niederreiter or Sobol sequences, is less random than a pseudorandom number sequence, but more useful for such tasks as approximation of integrals in higher dimensions, and in global optimization. This is because low discrepancy sequences tend to sample space more uniformly than random numbers. Algorithms that use such sequences have superior convergence.
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