Re: [math] Deprecating "guessParametersErrors"

2012-05-04 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, > >> >> Before closing the issue, I'd like to commit the "test" I've attached to >> MATH-784. It's not really a "unit" test (as it doesn't "assert" anything >> yet) but it shows the meaning of "sigma". >> I've ended the class name with the string "TestValidation" so that it does >> not run by d

Re: [math] Deprecating "guessParametersErrors"

2012-05-04 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi Gilles, > > Before closing the issue, I'd like to commit the "test" I've attached to > MATH-784. It's not really a "unit" test (as it doesn't "assert" anything > yet) but it shows the meaning of "sigma". > I've ended the class name with the string "TestValidation" so that it does > not run by d

Re: [math] Deprecating "guessParametersErrors"

2012-05-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
> > [...] > > For clarity's sake (design-wise), I propose to remove the > > "guessParametersErrors" method, and add a "getSigma" (as syntactic sugar). > > > I'm OK with that. As a first step, we deprecate it, and stipulate in > the javadoc that getSigma() should be used instead. We emphasize that >

Re: [math] Deprecating "guessParametersErrors"

2012-05-04 Thread Sébastien Brisard
2012/5/4 Gilles Sadowski : > Hello. > >> I'm obviously missing something in my litterature  review. I did a new >> MC simulation, with a much smaller number of observation points >> (namely 3, to fit a straight line!!!). It turns out that the formula >> you are advocating for is the best estimate o

Re: [math] Deprecating "guessParametersErrors"

2012-05-04 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I'm obviously missing something in my litterature review. I did a new > MC simulation, with a much smaller number of observation points > (namely 3, to fit a straight line!!!). It turns out that the formula > you are advocating for is the best estimate of the standard deviation > of the