I am evaluating the use of Apache Math Commons Median for the querying of large data sets in another Apache project called Apache Jena.
In my preliminary performance tests I was surprised to find that a simple implementation of a median function with Arrays.sort() and a programmatic selection of the median value yields much faster results than Median().evaluate() or DescriptiveStatistics.getPercentile(50). Since we only use this function for Arrays of confirmed numbers is there a particular benefit in using Apache Commons Math for this task or are we better advised to use our own implementation here? Thank You
