On 8/4/13 7:44 AM, Ajo Fod wrote: > Guys, > > What is the use of inverseCumAccuracy when people want to instantiate an > AbstractRealDistribution with a random generator? > org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.AbstractRealDistribution<http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-math/apidocs/org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/AbstractRealDistribution.html> > > I personally only seem to need to instantiate these objects with a > RandomGenerator but never with the inverseCumAccuracy set to anything but > DEFAULT_INVERSE_ABSOLUTE_ACCURACY. > > Could we be better of with inverseCumAccuracy moved to another constructor?
Good point. We should take a careful look at which implementations actually use this parameter and remove it from constructors for those that don't. I think some used to use it, but do not any longer - in particular the ones that no longer rely on the default inverse cum provided by AbstractRealDistribution. The default impl uses a solver to directly invert the cdf and that is what this parameter is used for. For the ones that do use it, it would also be convenient to provide constructors that include distribution parameters + random generator without this parameter. Phil > > Thanks, > Ajo. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
