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標 題Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.
發信站NCTU CS FreeBSD Server (Sun Sep 23 10:37:48 2012)
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W dniu 2012-09-22 21:53, Pawel Jakub Dawidek pisze:
> Mariusz, can you confirm my findings?
Pawel,
Your conclusions can be easily confirmed by shape analysis of the EDF.
Usually maximum quantile difference (called D-statistic) gives you a
kind of overview, function shape gives you a strong feeling, p-value
gives you a formal proof.
D-statistic values (your data):
6bit: 0.33%
7bit: 0.29%
8bit: 0.27%
9bit: 0.21%
10bit: 6.34%
11bit: 19.07%
12bit: 54.80%
What I would say: increasing the number of bits from 6 to 9 does not
affect distribution "uniformity", reaching the tenth bit results in
sudden increase in the difference measure - the more bits, the more
difference is observed. Distribution shape analysis for the 10th bit
shows non-linear function. Lack of "randomness" in the quntile
difference curve - chart shows completely lack of noise (pure
functional relation). These are very strong indicators that starting
from 10th bit distribution was changed and is no longer uniform.
To formally confirm above conclusion for i.e. 5% significance level,
which means that confidence level is 95%, I need some extra data
regarding sample sizes. Please pass to me number of collected
observations in each 6-12 bit experiment.
Regards,
Mariusz
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