Add 12 uniform random numbers from 0 to 1 and subtract 6. This will match mean and standard deviation of a normal variable. An obvious drawback is that the range is limited to ±6 – unlike a true normal distribution.
One of the popular method - you can summ 12 i.r.v with uniform distributions....But to be honest during derivation Central Limit Theorem with helping of Fourier Transform, Taylor Series, it is neededed to have n->+inf assumptions couple times. 举个理论上的例子,我个人不明白人们如何在均匀分布的情况下,进行12个静脉注射的总和。
In my opinion, there is not much incentive to use something else than algorithm AS241 from Wichura: it is machine precision, reliable and fast. Bottlenecks are rarely in the Gaussian random number generation.