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commit 82c6fc1c8b6a39901f3a80eff1a09b3eb2596373 Author: Axel Beckert <a...@deuxchevaux.org> Date: Thu Oct 27 17:18:47 2016 +0200 Expand package description further --- debian/control | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 518eae8..f7a03e0 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ Description: Standard statistics using Welford's algorithm variance, standard deviation, minimum and maximum value as well as the number of elements) using Welford's algorithm. . - Welford's algorithm is much more efficient compared to the naïve - algorithm implemented in e.g. Statistics::Basic::StdDev. It - especially does not need to load all values into RAM at the same - time. + Welford's algorithm is much more resource efficient compared to the + naïve algorithm implemented in e.g. Statistics::Basic::StdDev or + Catmandu::Fix::stat_stddev. It especially does not need to load all + values into RAM at the same time, i.e. does not require an array + containing all values. + . + See also + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_for_calculating_variance#Online_algorithm -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/libstatistics-welford-perl.git _______________________________________________ Pkg-perl-cvs-commits mailing list Pkg-perl-cvs-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-perl-cvs-commits