any suggested reading material on the topic? The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 2, (c) 1969, by Donald Knuth, has quite an extensive discussion of random nu

any suggested reading material on the topic? The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 2, (c) 1969, by Donald Knuth, has quite an extensive discussion of random numbers, their properties, algorithms, and tests. It's about 160 pages in my edition. It's very readable, and even if you skip all the exercises you will still get a very good grounding. I don't know how much has changed in his more recent editions. And I don't know how if there are better books. But, in general, you can't go wrong by starting with Knuth. He's one of the all time greats!