Hi Konstantin,
first of all note that modu...@perl.org is the wrong address for this message.
module-authors@perl.org is the correct address. I've switched them in my reply.
Anyway, let me answer.
On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:49:43 +0400
"Konstantin S. Uvarin" <khe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm working on a Perl module project that aims to offer descriptive
> statistical functions without keeping the whole dataset in memory, at
> the cost of certain precision loss. It does so by sorting raw data into
> logarithmic buckets, and analyzing bucket counts later. The interface
> follows that of Statistics::Descriptive::Full as close as possible.
>
> However, I'm not completely sure how to name it. My current idea is
> Statistics::Approx::LogScale. Does it count as descriptive, unambiguous
> name?
>
> I was thinking of Statistics::Descriptive::Approximate initially, but
> it's already too long, and there may be other algorithms (e.g.
> probabilistic resampling) meaning even more ::'s.
>
> The current project name is Statistics::Approx::Bucket, but it looks
> like LogScale is better. Or isn't it?
I think LogScale is better.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
>
> Just in case, the project page is
> https://github.com/dallaylaen/perl-Statistics-Approx-Bucket
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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