On Thursday, 1 December 2016 at 15:28:28 UTC, Jethro wrote:
There is a problem with `distribution` in that it also has
other meanings.
Yes, but in context, is `random distribution` actually ambiguous?
What might people confuse it with?
`Random variable` is pretty well established
But is
On Thursday, 1 December 2016 at 13:42:32 UTC, Joseph Rushton
Wakeling wrote:
On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 21:12:16 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko
wrote:
[...]
Not really. I would use "randomly chosen distribution" for
that.
[...]
There is a problem with `distribution` in that it also has othe
On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 21:12:16 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko
wrote:
"random distribution" is like "accidental distribution".
Not really. I would use "randomly chosen distribution" for that.
"random variable" is much more frequently used definition is
stats world (stats world != stats pack
On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 20:36:34 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
On 30.11.2016 16:22, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
Hi,
Mir Random has [1, D] 16 out of 20 [2, C++] random number
distributions.
Remaining 4 are:
1. piecewise_constant_distribution
2. piecewise_linear_distribution
3. binomial_distrib
On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 20:36:34 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
Unrelated question: Why are the samplers called 'random
variables'?
I'd advice to consistently use the naming convention of
'Discrete' and rename the module to 'mir.random.distributions'
or similar.
It also could lead to conf
On 30.11.2016 16:22, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
Hi,
Mir Random has [1, D] 16 out of 20 [2, C++] random number distributions.
Remaining 4 are:
1. piecewise_constant_distribution
2. piecewise_linear_distribution
3. binomial_distribution
4. negative_binomial_distribution
[1] http://docs.random.dlang
Hi,
Mir Random has [1, D] 16 out of 20 [2, C++] random number
distributions.
Remaining 4 are:
1. piecewise_constant_distribution
2. piecewise_linear_distribution
3. binomial_distribution
4. negative_binomial_distribution
[1] http://docs.random.dlang.io/latest/mir_random_variable.html
[2]
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