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Aleksei Dievskii commented on MATH-1039: ---------------------------------------- 2.14.1, though I don't think that they changed these functions in the next release. > Logarithmic probability and density calculations for the distributions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MATH-1039 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-1039 > Project: Commons Math > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Aleksei Dievskii > Priority: Minor > Labels: features, patch > Attachments: LOGDENSITY.patch > > > A person working with fairly small probabilities and densities often employs > their logarithms to increase precision and decrease the chance of an > underflow. However, just taking a log of the probability() or density() > return value doesn't necessarily solve the problem, as these methods > themselves could have lost precision or underflowed. This patch introduces > new logProbability() and logDensity() methods overriden for many relevant > distribution. The patch also introduces tests of these new methods. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1#6144)