Putting a list into random order might seem like an unusual task, but it can be quite useful for many businesses. For example, you might want to randomly assign leads to salespeople, assign jobs to ...

These simple operations and others are why NumPy is a building block for statistical analysis with Python. NumPy also makes ...

A new network paradigm can generate meaningfully random numbers—and fast. In network encryption, randomness has huge value because it’s not “solvable” by hackers. Classical computers can’t be ...

RANDOMNESS IS A valuable commodity. Computer models of complex systems ranging from the weather to the stockmarket are voracious consumers of random numbers. Cryptography, too, relies heavily on ...