congruential generator

congruential generator

[¦kän‚grü¦en·chəl ′jen·ə‚rād·ər] (computer science) A method of generating a sequence of random numbers x0, x1, x2, …, in which each member is generated from the previous one by the formula xi + 1axi+ b modulus m, where a, b, and m are constants.