Efficient lattice assessment for LCG and GLP parameter searches

In the present paper we show how to speed up lattice parameter searches for Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo node sets. The classical measure for such parameter searches is the spectral test which is based on a calculation of the shortest nonzero vector in a lattice. Instead of the shortest vector we apply an approximation given by the LLL algorithm for lattice basis reduction. We empirically demonstrate the speed-up and the quality loss obtained by the LLL reduction, and we present important applications for parameter selections.