diff --git a/include/xo/randomgen/bernoulligen.hpp b/include/xo/randomgen/bernoulligen.hpp
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+/* @file bernoulligen.hpp */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "generator.hpp"
+#include <random>
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace rng {
+        /* Engine: e.g. xo::rng::xoshiro256ss or std::mt19937 */
+        template <class Engine>
+        class bernoulligen : public generator<Engine, std::bernoulli_distribution<double>> {
+        public:
+            using generator_type = generator<Engine, std::bernoulli_distribution<double>>;
+
+            template <class Engine>
+            static generator_type make(Engine engine, double prob) {
+                return generator_type::make(std::move(engine),
+                                            std::bernoulli_distribution<double>(prob));
+            }
+
+            template <class Engine>
+            static generator_type conflip(Engine engine) {
+                return generator_type::make(std::move(engine),
+                                            std::bernoulli_distribution<double>(0.5));
+            }
+        };
+    } /*namespace rng*/
+ } /*namespace xo*/
diff --git a/include/xo/randomgen/exponentialgen.hpp b/include/xo/randomgen/exponentialgen.hpp
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+++ b/include/xo/randomgen/exponentialgen.hpp
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+/* @file exponentialgen.hpp */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "generator.hpp"
+#include <random>
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace rng {
+        template <class Engine>
+        class exponentialgen : public generator<Engine, std::exponential_distribution<double>> {
+        public:
+            using generator_type = generator<Engine, std::exponential_distribution<double>>;
+
+            template <class Engine>
+            static generator_type make(Engine eng, double lambda) {
+                return make_generator(std::move(eng), std::exponential_distribution<double>(lambda));
+            }
+        };
+    } /*namespace rng*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
diff --git a/include/xo/randomgen/gaussianpairgen.hpp b/include/xo/randomgen/gaussianpairgen.hpp
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+++ b/include/xo/randomgen/gaussianpairgen.hpp
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+/* @file gaussianpairgen.hpp */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "generator.hpp"
+#include <random>
+#include <array>
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace random {
+        /* editor bait: 2d normal, normal xy
+         *
+         * if
+         *   N1 ~ N(0,1)
+         *   N2 ~ N(0,1)
+         * are two indepenent, normally-distributed r.v's with
+         * mean 0 and variance 1,  then
+         * let
+         *   A = | 1   0 |   X = | N1 |
+         *       | r   q |       | N2 |
+         *
+         * with r^2 + q^2 = 1
+         *
+         * and consider
+         *   A.X = |      N1     | := | Y1 |
+         *         | r.N1 + q.N2 |    | Y2 |
+         *
+         *   Y1, Y2 both have mean 0,
+         * since both are linear combination of 0-mean N(0,1) variables
+         *
+         *   Var(Y1) = 1
+         *   Var(Y2) = r^2.Var(N1) + q^2.Var(N2)
+         *           = r^2 + q^2
+         *           = 1
+         *
+         * (since N1,N2 indept, and Var(N1)=Var(N2)=1)
+         *
+         *   Cov(Y1,Y2) = r.Cov(N1,N1) + q.Cov(N1,N2)
+         *              = r.Var(N1)
+         *              = r
+         *
+         * (since Cov(N1,N2)=0)
+         *
+         * we have correlation coefficient for Y1,Y2:
+         *
+         *                Cov(Y1,Y2)
+         * p(Y1,Y2) = --------------------
+         *            sqrt(Var(Y1).Var(Y2))
+         *
+         *          = r
+         */
+        template<typename FloatType>
+        class gaussianpair_dist {
+        public:
+            using result_type = std::array<FloatType, 2>;
+
+        public:
+            /* generate pairs of gaussian N(0,1) random numbers,
+             * with correlation coefficient rho
+             *
+             * Require:
+             * - rho in the interval [-1, +1]
+             */
+            explicit gaussianpair_dist(FloatType rho)
+                : r_(rho), q_(std::sqrt(1.0 - rho*rho)) {}
+
+            template<typename Engine>
+            result_type operator()(Engine & engine) {
+                FloatType n1 = this->ndist_(engine);
+                FloatType n2 = this->ndist_(engine);
+
+                FloatType y1 = n1;
+                FloatType y2 = this->r_ * n1 + this->q_ * n2;
+
+                return {y1, y2};
+            } /*operator()*/
+
+        private:
+            /* correlation coefficient r
+             * 2nd random variable Y2 in each pair will be constructed by
+             * r.N1 + sqrt(1-r^2).N2
+             */
+            FloatType r_;
+            /* q := sqrt(1-r^2) */
+            FloatType q_;
+
+            /* state for generating indept normally-distributed r.v's */
+            std::normal_distribution<FloatType> ndist_;
+        }; /*gaussianpair_dist*/
+
+        /* generate pairs of correlated gaussian random variables */
+        template<class Engine>
+        class gaussianpairgen {
+        public:
+            using engine_type = Engine;
+            using generator_type = generator<Engine, gaussianpair_dist<double>>;
+
+            template<typename Engine>
+            static generator_type make(Engine eng,
+                                       double rho) {
+                return generator_type::make(std::move(eng),
+                                            gaussianpair_dist<double>(rho));
+            }
+        }; /*GaussianPairGen*/
+    } /*namespace random*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+/* end gaussianpairgen.hpp */
diff --git a/include/xo/randomgen/uniformgen.hpp b/include/xo/randomgen/uniformgen.hpp
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+/* @file uniformgen.hpp */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "generator.hpp"
+#include <random>
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace rng {
+        template <class Engine>
+        class uniformgen : public generator<Engine, std::uniform_real_distribution<double>> {
+        public:
+            using generator_type = generator<Engine, std::uniform_real_distribution<double>>;
+
+            template <class Engine>
+            static generator_type unit(Engine eng) {
+                return make_generator(std::move(eng),
+                                      std::uniform_real_distribution<double>(0.0, 1.0));
+            }
+        };
+    } /*namespace rng*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+
+/* end uniformgen.hpp */