From: Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
To: "Jason Detwiler" <jasondet@gmail.com>
Cc: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: request for Poisson CDF inverse
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:54:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zm26a7dj.wl%bjg@network-theory.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b1d795290707051716s4f4d00e5jeabec36855569558@mail.gmail.com>
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.
What application do you need it for? (commercial or research?)
--
Brian Gough
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-08 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-06 7:30 Jason Detwiler
2007-07-06 9:31 ` Heikki Orsila
2007-07-08 21:54 ` Brian Gough [this message]
2007-07-08 23:39 ` Heikki Orsila
2007-07-10 14:49 ` Brian Gough
2011-08-31 10:51 ` Jason Detwiler
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