As an outsider to the field, I really enjoyed reading this paper: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcg-random.org&#x2F;paper.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcg-random.org&#x2F;paper.html</a><p>It&#x27;s advocating for a particular new kind of PRNG, but it also includes a lot of great explanations and citations for more reading.