--- Eric MacAdie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in getting involved in the Commons-Math project. I have > been a Java developer for about three years, but I don't know much about > math. I took business calc in college about 10 years ago and haven't > done much since. I have wanted to learn some more about math and I > thought this might be a good way. > > I have been on this list for a couple of weeks. I haven't read too many > messages, but I ahven't seen too many with [math] in the subject. Is > there a lot of communication that happens off-list?
No, discussion happens on this list. Things have been a bit quiet lately. There are a few things that we need to do to prepare for an initial release. Here are a couple of ideas that might be interesting for you. 1. If you are interested in learning about numerical linear algebra, you could take on the task of refactoring the RealMatrix implementation in the linear package to make the solve() implementation pluggable. That is a task that we need to complete prior to release. There are references in the code that point to descriptions of the algorithms. 2. If you are interested in statistics, have a look at the stats package and associated tests. There are some test coverage gaps (both path coverage and boundary values) that should be filled and if you are interested in this kind of thing, performance testing and comparing against R or other packages would be a good thing. Here again, the references in the code should point you to sources where you can learn the required stats stuff. 3. We need to complete the user's guide. If you are at all interested in doc generation, any contributions would be welcome. Otherwise, just dig into the code, chase the math references, write some tests and then post ideas / patches on what can be improved. If the algorithms or code are interesting but incomprehensible, please ask questions and we will provide explanations or references. Phil > > EKMacAdie > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
