On a combination method of VDR and patchwork for generating uniform random points on a unit sphere (Q558050)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2184181
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On a combination method of VDR and patchwork for generating uniform random points on a unit sphere
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2184181

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    On a combination method of VDR and patchwork for generating uniform random points on a unit sphere (English)
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    30 June 2005
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    The authors use vertical density representation and the patchwork method to establish an efficient algorithm for generating uniform random points on a unit sphere. The article also contains a valuable survey on the literature concerning this and related simulation algorithms.
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    random points
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