On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 10:54:48PM +0100, Brian Gough wrote: > At Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:16:38 -0700, > Jason Detwiler wrote: > > I am looking to calculate the inverse of the CDF for the Poisson > > distribution. I noticed that many of the CDFs coded in gsl have > > inverse functions also coded, but this is not the case for the Poisson > > distribution (unfortunately for me). I would like to "request" these > > functions. I would try to contribute them myself, but I'm not > > confident I could code them to the standards of gsl. What are the > > chances of my wishes being fulfilled by another developer? > > Hello, > > Currently there aren't any inverses for the discrete distributions.
Woud you consider a patch? I might convert the python code I posted into C, and make that the first discrete distribution having an inverse. -- Heikki Orsila Barbie's law: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Math is hard, let's go shopping!" http://www.iki.fi/shd
