Re: How to measure randomness of a deck of cards?
From: Rick Decker (rdecker_at_hamilton.edu)
Date: 12/03/04
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:43:32 -0500
ošin wrote:
>>I need a
>>"method/algorithm" to determine the randomness of my deck of cards
>
>
> Cannot be done. Any ordering is as random as any other ordering. Randomness
> is not a property of your deck of cards. Do you mean a random process of
> selecting a sequence of cards from your deck?
>
I suspect the OP meant how far (in some sense) a particular arrangement
of cards is from the canonical arrangement. There are lots of ways
to do this. A good starting point is _The Art of Computer Programming_,
vol. 2.
Regards,
Rick
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