Re: [math] Continuous Distribution

2011-10-29 Thread Phil Steitz
d ContinuousDistribution, i.e. with successors of > Distribution which neither implement DiscreteDistribution nor > ContinuousDistribution. Thinking about this some more, I agree. Phil > Best Regards, > Christian > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apac

Re: [math] Continuous Distribution

2011-10-29 Thread cwinter
bsolutely continuous distribution. I'm fine with a "gap" between DiscreteDistribution and ContinuousDistribution, i.e. with successors of Distribution which neither implement DiscreteDistribution nor ContinuousDistribution. Best Regards, Christian -- View this message in context

Re: [math] Continuous Distribution

2011-10-28 Thread Phil Steitz
On 10/28/11 9:31 PM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > Hi, > The following question might sound stupid, but occured to me while > thinking about MATH-692. So here goes. What was initially meant by > "Continuous Distribution" (as in AbstractContinuousDistribution) ? > My view on this is that the underlying

[math] Continuous Distribution

2011-10-28 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, The following question might sound stupid, but occured to me while thinking about MATH-692. So here goes. What was initially meant by "Continuous Distribution" (as in AbstractContinuousDistribution) ? My view on this is that the underlying random variable is defined by a *density*, which takes