The exact plots in the paper are reproduced with a seed of 0, i.e. by running

python figures.py --seed=0

Try running things multiple times; with no explicit seed, numpy's generator is seeded from /dev/urandom.

• numpy (tested with version 1.7.1, can be installed with pip)
• scipy (0.12.0, can be installed with pip)
• matplotlib (1.2.0, can be installed with pip)
• Slycot
• pydare