When does this become an issue? -Ajo
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
