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Diehard—-Testsuite for Random Number Generators. G. Marsaglia. Also contains some generators that do pass Diehard.
The Art of Computer Programming; Volume II Seminumerical Algorithms. 2nd ed. D. E. Knuth. Addison-Wesley, 1981. The famous chapter on random number generators.
Software for Uniform Random Number Generation: Distinguishing the Good and the Bad. P. L’Ecuyer. Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, IEEE Press, Dec. 2001, 95–105. Profound discussion of random number generators.
Good Parameter Sets for Combined Multiple Recursive Random Number Generators. P. L’Ecuyer. Shorter version in Operations Research, 47, 1 (1999), 159–164. Actual numbers for good generators.
MIT Scheme v7.6. A mechanism to run a fixed unspecified generator.
SLIB 2d2 with (require 'random). A. Jaffer.
Scheme 48 v0.57. R. Kelsey, J. Rees. Internal procedures of Scheme48; a fixed 28-bit generator.
PLT MzScheme Version 200alpha1. M. Flatt. A mechanism to run a generator and to exchange the generator.
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. H. Abelson, G. J. Sussmann, J. Sussman. The rand–example shows a textbook way to define a random number generator.
A portable random-number generator. John David Stone. An implementation of a linear congruental generator in Scheme.
RFC1750: Randomness Recommendations for Security. Network Working Group. A serious discussion of serious randomness for serious security.
Resources on random number generators and randomness: