> > So, given this development, I'm not particularly motivated to develop AQ >> further. >> > > So, all the fuss just to use a numerical method for computing a value > known in advance?
The fuss was about the ability to compute the partition function for the exponential family. It has closed form values for some members of the family such as the normal. > We already know one, don't we? > [Hint: the plots in > https://issues.apache.org/**jira/browse/MATH-995<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-995> > I mean that this function could serve as a validation test and > benchmark (since we know that the answer is 1).] > How do you propose to do the test without a change of variables? Cheers, Ajo.
