RFC: add support for generating pseudorandom numbers using XORSHIFT-ADD

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Description

Description of the feature request.

This RFC proposes adding supporting for generating pseudorandom numbers using the XORSHIFT-ADD algorithm.

Package: @stdlib/random/base/xorshift-add
Alias: xorshiftadd

Related Issues

Does this feature request have any related issues?

No.

Questions

Any questions for reviewers?

Some background research may be necessary to determine whether XORSHIFT-ADD has any problems, such as correlated random variates or other design flaws.

Other

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• C implementation
• Homepage
• Comparison to other XORSHIFT variants