Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > I agree that the API naming should be consistent, so if the rest of library > is not using Greek letters, I will change the name of the method "getSigma." > I prefer to name it "getCovarianceMatrix" rather than "getCovariances." I > changed all of the methods and members referring to

Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-27 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello Jared. > > I think it will be difficult (for me, at least) to provide a general method > for testing sampling across all multivariate distributions. I imagine it can > be done, but I would prefer for now just to make it an abstract method and > expect the writers of future multivariate

RE: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-27 Thread Becksfort, Jared
: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:37 AM To: dev@commons.apache.org Subject: Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling Hi Jared. > > I am working on submitting code for multivariate normal distributions, > including sampling and unit tests (issue Math-815). It is my first > sub

RE: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-27 Thread Becksfort, Jared
Original Message- From: Gilles Sadowski [mailto:gil...@harfang.homelinux.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:18 AM To: dev@commons.apache.org Subject: Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:00:44AM -0500, Becksfort, Jared wrote: > I have

Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:00:44AM -0500, Becksfort, Jared wrote: > I have another question, this time about the API. The covariance matrix of a > multivariate normal distribution is called sigma in a number of R libraries, > but I am not sure it is called that everywhere. I named the parameter

RE: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-25 Thread Becksfort, Jared
opers List Subject: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling Hello, I am working on submitting code for multivariate normal distributions, including sampling and unit tests (issue Math-815). It is my first submission, and it has had some issues with style and other guidelines.

Re: [math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-25 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi Jared. > > I am working on submitting code for multivariate normal distributions, > including sampling and unit tests (issue Math-815). It is my first > submission, and it has had some issues with style and other guidelines. > Gilles has given me some useful feedback about several pieces,

[math] Unit Tests for Multivariate Distribution Sampling

2012-07-24 Thread Becksfort, Jared
Hello, I am working on submitting code for multivariate normal distributions, including sampling and unit tests (issue Math-815). It is my first submission, and it has had some issues with style and other guidelines. Gilles has given me some useful feedback about several pieces, but I thought