On 30.11.2016 22:12, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
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_distribution
4. negative_binomial_distribution
[1] http://docs.random.dlang.io/latest/mir_random_variable.html
[2] http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/RandomNumberDistribution
Any takers?
Thanks,
Ilya
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.
"random distribution" is like "accidental distribution".
I wasn't aware that you want to read your package names like that (Such
a reading does not seem to be possible for the other mir packages).
"random
variable" is much more frequently used definition is stats world (stats
world != stats packages).
I'm familiar with statistics, and I agree that the terminology used
should be 'right'.
Also this better describes what functionality
provides module.
Not really. The module provides samplers/generators for random variates
drawn from certain probability distributions. But even if the module
name stays, the /generators/ shouldn't be called "Variable".
"Distribution" may be used for PDF or for CDF (or their
pair).
The distribution is the fundamental thing, the PDF/CDF characterize it.
