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A Code to Generate Random Identifiers and Select QA/QC Samples
Author(s) -
Mehnert Edward
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1992.tb02012.x
Subject(s) - pseudorandom number generator , computer science , code (set theory) , identifier , identification (biology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , algorithm , programming language , artificial intelligence , biology , botany , set (abstract data type)
SAMPLID is a PC‐based, FORTH AN‐77 code which generates unique numbers for identification of samples, selection of QA/QC samples, and generation of labels. These procedures are tedious, but using a computer code such as SAMPLID can increase efficiency and reduce or eliminate errors and bias. The algorithm, used in SAMPLID, for generation of pseudorandom numbers is free of statistical flaws present in commonly available algorithms.