Github user mikewalch commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/293#discussion_r134035312
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/file/rfile/RollingStats.java ---
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+package org.apache.accumulo.core.file.rfile;
+
+import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.StatUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
+
+/**
+ * This class supports efficient window statistics. Apache commons math3
has a class called DescriptiveStatistics that supports windows.
DescriptiveStatistics
+ * recomputes the statistics over the entire window each time its
requested. In a test over 1,000,000 entries with a window size of 1019 that
requested stats
+ * for each entry this class took ~50ms and DescriptiveStatistics took
~6,000ms.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This class may not be as accurate as DescriptiveStatistics. In unit
test its within 1/1000 of DescriptiveStatistics.
+ */
+class RollingStats {
+ private int position;
+ private double window[];
+
+ private double average;
+ private double variance;
+ private double stddev;
+
+ // indicates if the window is full
+ private boolean windowFull;
+
+ private int recomputeCounter = 0;
+
+ RollingStats(int windowSize) {
+ this.windowFull = false;
+ this.position = 0;
+ this.window = new double[windowSize];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @see <a href=
"http://jonisalonen.com/2014/efficient-and-accurate-rolling-standard-deviation/";>Efficient
and accurate rolling standard deviation</a>
+ */
+ private void update(double n, double o, int w) {
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I guess `n` & `o` is for new & old. Could instead use `newValue` &
`oldValue` to make things clear. What is `w`?
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