--- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * RealMatrixImpl is missing one method implementation -- getRank(). The
> most accurate way to implement this would be to add Singular Value
> Decomposition and use this to compute effective numerical rank. If
> someone wants to volunteer to do this, we can leave this in; otherwise I
> suggest dropping the rank computation from the interface.
+1 for dropping the rank computation. I'd guess most users won't miss it.
> * Rootfinding framework. We need to get this rectified or just decide
> to stay with the simple solution in place now. My vote would be to
> rectify J's framework.
+1 for rectifying the Pietschmann framework.
> * Interpolation. Al is working on cubic spline interpolation. Right?
Right.
> * Continued work on javadoc, checkstyle, and test coverage. We need to
> look at test data coverage as well as path coverage. In some cases, we
> have good path coverage, but we have not tested all of the data boundary
> conditions.
+1
> * Additional performance and accuracy testing. If anyone is interested
> in helping out here, what we could really use is a wider selection of
> test cases for the core numerical functions and validation against
> either other packages (e.g. R for the statistical stuff), verified
> datasets, or experiments comparing implementions using floats to doubles.
>
> * Additional code review. I am planning to review the current state of
> all of the code to verify that the code matches the documentation and to
> identify obvious inefficiencies or numerical problems. It would be a
> good idea for others to do the same. All feedback/suggestions for
> improvement are welcome -- especially if accompanied by patches :-)
+1 for both the above. I suspect we may be in a test-and-fix phase for a while
once we enter it.
Al
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