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An Alternative Approach for Selection of Pseudo Random Numbers for Online Examination System

Authors

Shilpi Kumari Shaw, Aakash Sharma, Shoubhik Chowdhury, Aritra Biswas and Arnab Mitra, Adamas Institute of Technology, India

Abstract

Fast and accurate selection of random pattern is needed for many scientific and commercial applications. One of the major applications is Online Examination system. In this paper, a sophisticated approach has been developed for the selection of uniform pseudo random pattern for Online Examination System. Three random integer generators have been compared for this purpose. Most commonly used procedural language based pseudo random number; PHP random generator and atmospheric noise based true random number generator have been considered for easy generation of random patterns. The test result shows a varying degree of improvement in the quality of randomness of the generated patterns. The randomness quality of the generated pseudo random pattern has been assured by diehard test suite. An experimental outcome for our recommended approach signifies that our approach selects a quality set of random pattern for Online Examination System.

Keywords

Pseudo random number generator (PRNG), Pseudo random Pattern Generator (PRPG), Procedural Language Random Number Generator (PrRNG), PHP random Number Generator (PHPRNG), True Random Number Generator (TrRNG), Online Examination System (OES)

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