Re: [Math] MATH-519

2011-02-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > [...] > > Yes, but for simple bounds this would not be too much (using a logarithm or > > exponential). > > For double bounds, one typically uses a scaled logit function. > > > > > If this is the best choice, I'll implement a "conversion" class (for > > > the > > > "simple" bound case).

Re: [Math] MATH-519

2011-02-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > [Please refer to > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-519 > > for the context of this discussion.] > > > > Hi Luc. > > > > > Anyway, returning NaN or POSITIVE_INFINITY would work only with > > some > > > optimizers. > > > > Do you mean that it would fail with some optimizati

Re: [Math] MATH-519

2011-02-21 Thread luc . maisonobe
Hi Gilles, - "Gilles Sadowski" a écrit : > [Please refer to > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-519 > for the context of this discussion.] > > Hi Luc. > > > Anyway, returning NaN or POSITIVE_INFINITY would work only with > some > > optimizers. > > Do you mean that it would fail

[Math] MATH-519

2011-02-21 Thread Gilles Sadowski
[Please refer to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-519 for the context of this discussion.] Hi Luc. > Anyway, returning NaN or POSITIVE_INFINITY would work only with some > optimizers. Do you mean that it would fail with some optimization _algorithms_ or some unsafe _implementations_