Two Matlab Function Blocks generate the same random number

In Simulink, I'm using a Matlab function block to generate Gaussian-distributed numbers at each time step. If I make a copy of that block and run it in parralel to the first one, it generates the same random number (instead of an independent one as actually wanted). A quick-and-dirty solution for this problem is to generate a random vector (in this example with a length of two) and let each block pick one element, but I'm wondering if there is a more elegant way to do it?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

[Manan Mishra]

You can use different seeds in your MATLAB function blocks to get different random numbers as output. Look at the following documentation for more information regarding this:

Control random number generation

You can include something like this in your MATLAB functions before calling the random number generator function:

In block 1:

>> rng(1)

In block 2:

>> rng(2)