Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread Phil Steitz
Al Chou wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 May 2003 20:14:23 +0200, "J.Pietschmann" wrote: Brent Worden wrote: I agree. The this looks like a very solid framework. One suggestion I would like to make, is instead of a both a firstDirevative and secondDerivate method to evaluate the

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread J.Pietschmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just because we the creators of the framework see no need for higher order derivates, the end users, whose needs no one can fully enumerate, may have a quite reasonable use for them. Well, I designed the interface as a helper for a variety of numerical algorithms, not for g

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread Al Chou
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2003 20:14:23 +0200, "J.Pietschmann" wrote: > > Brent Worden wrote: > > > I agree. The this looks like a very solid framework. One > > suggestion I > > > would like to make, is instead of a both a firstDirevative and > > > secondDerivate method to eva

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread J.Pietschmann
Brent Worden wrote: I agree. The this looks like a very solid framework. One suggestion I would like to make, is instead of a both a firstDirevative and secondDerivate method to evaluate the derivates. Create a single getDerivate() method that returns a UnivariateRealFunction. That way if a use

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread Phil Steitz
Brent Worden wrote: "J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phil Steitz wrote: Can you provide a math reference desribing this? H.M.Antia: Num. Methods for Scientists and Engineers. I have been referring to Atkinson and I am having a hard time following the im

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread O'brien, Tim
In general, code will be applied if it is submitted as a patch and we can all agree on an approach. Sending a tarball to the list with some proposed code is not helpful - I'm not scolding anyone for doing that, I just want to make it clear that patches are always preferred. Also, just a reminder

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread Brent Worden
> Brent, > > I think I have a few improvements that came to mind while I was coding a > Ridders' method implementation. Should I send you a diff file privately? > > > Al > > = > Albert Davidson Chou Al, Sorry I didn't get back to you. I got bogged down doing other things. I would agree wit

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-31 Thread Brent Worden
"J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phil Steitz wrote: > > Can you provide a math reference desribing this? > > H.M.Antia: Num. Methods for Scientists and Engineers. > > > I have been referring > > to Atkinson and I am having a hard time following the imp

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-30 Thread J.Pietschmann
Phil Steitz wrote: Can you provide a math reference desribing this? H.M.Antia: Num. Methods for Scientists and Engineers. I have been referring to Atkinson and I am having a hard time following the implementation. What exactly do you mean by "only inverse quadratic interpolation"? Brent's metho

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-30 Thread Phil Steitz
Al Chou wrote: --- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Howdy, 4. Thinking of the developers who will use this stuff, I feel like we need a way to insulate them from having to think about rootfinding strategy choice. As Al has pointed out, we are not (at least yet ;-)) in the AI business,

RE: [math] Priority

2003-05-30 Thread Al Chou
--- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > >4. Thinking of the developers who will use this stuff, I feel like we > >need a way to insulate them from having to think about rootfinding > >strategy choice. As Al has pointed out, we are not (at least yet ;-)) > >in the AI business,

RE: [math] Priority

2003-05-30 Thread Shapira, Yoav
Howdy, >4. Thinking of the developers who will use this stuff, I feel like we >need a way to insulate them from having to think about rootfinding >strategy choice. As Al has pointed out, we are not (at least yet ;-)) >in the AI business, so we can't automagically make the best choice for >them;

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-30 Thread Phil Steitz
J.Pietschmann wrote: Brent Worden wrote: In the chi-square patch, I created a root finding utility class. I used the bisection method to provide a default mechanism for computing inverse CDFs. It's driven by a simple Function interface. Check it out and see if it's something you can use or imp

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-29 Thread J.Pietschmann
Brent Worden wrote: In the chi-square patch, I created a root finding utility class. I used the bisection method to provide a default mechanism for computing inverse CDFs. It's driven by a simple Function interface. Check it out and see if it's something you can use or improve. Here's my take on

RE: [math] Priority

2003-05-29 Thread Al Chou
--- Brent Worden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and unit tests. While things like rootfinding for > > non-differentiable functions > > may eventually have a place and may benefit from algorithms that > > someone can > > claim copyright ownership of, if no one else does it before I get > > to it, I

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-28 Thread Phil Steitz
Brent Worden wrote: and unit tests. While things like rootfinding for non-differentiable functions may eventually have a place and may benefit from algorithms that someone can claim copyright ownership of, if no one else does it before I get to it, I will translate my simple newton's method implem

RE: [math] Priority

2003-05-27 Thread Brent Worden
> and unit tests. While things like rootfinding for > non-differentiable functions > may eventually have a place and may benefit from algorithms that > someone can > claim copyright ownership of, if no one else does it before I get > to it, I will > translate my simple newton's method implementati

Re: [math] Priority

2003-05-27 Thread Mark R. Diggory
Tim O'Brien wrote: On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 11:00, Mark R. Diggory wrote: Basically what this is saying is "talk to us". ACM is suggesting involvement and acknowledgment of their efforts in organizing and archiving these algorithms..Open Source Apache project and the legal bindings they wou

[math] Priority

2003-05-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 11:00, Mark R. Diggory wrote: > Basically what this is saying is "talk to us". ACM is suggesting > involvement and acknowledgment of their efforts in organizing and > archiving these algorithms..Open Source > Apache project and the legal bindings they would want in such