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Overhaul of statistical distribution functions Support class "single" 75% reduction in memory usage More Matlab compatibility for corner cases * betacdf.m, betainv.m, betapdf.m, betarnd.m, binocdf.m, binoinv.m, binopdf.m, binornd.m, cauchy_cdf.m, cauchy_inv.m, cauchy_pdf.m, cauchy_rnd.m, chi2cdf.m, chi2inv.m, chi2pdf.m, chi2rnd.m, discrete_cdf.m, discrete_inv.m, discrete_pdf.m, discrete_rnd.m, empirical_cdf.m, empirical_inv.m, empirical_pdf.m, empirical_rnd.m, expcdf.m, expinv.m, exppdf.m, exprnd.m, fcdf.m, finv.m, fpdf.m, frnd.m, gamcdf.m, gaminv.m, gampdf.m, gamrnd.m, geocdf.m, geoinv.m, geopdf.m, geornd.m, hygecdf.m, hygeinv.m, hygepdf.m, hygernd.m, kolmogorov_smirnov_cdf.m, laplace_cdf.m, laplace_inv.m, laplace_pdf.m, laplace_rnd.m, logistic_cdf.m, logistic_inv.m, logistic_pdf.m, logistic_rnd.m, logncdf.m, logninv.m, lognpdf.m, lognrnd.m, nbincdf.m, nbininv.m, nbinpdf.m, nbinrnd.m, normcdf.m, norminv.m, normpdf.m, normrnd.m, poisscdf.m, poissinv.m, poisspdf.m, poissrnd.m, stdnormal_cdf.m, stdnormal_inv.m, stdnormal_pdf.m, stdnormal_rnd.m, tcdf.m, tinv.m, tpdf.m, trnd.m, unidcdf.m, unidinv.m, unidpdf.m, unidrnd.m, unifcdf.m, unifinv.m, unifpdf.m, unifrnd.m, wblcdf.m, wblinv.m, wblpdf.m, wblrnd.m: Return "single" outputs for "single" inputs, Use logical indexing rather than find() for 75% memory savings, Add tests for all functions, Use consistent documentation across all functions, More Matlab compatibilitcy for corner cases.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:13 -0700
parents 7aa9cb7aaa32
children 37e6f54cca15
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--- a/NEWS	Tue Sep 20 11:41:59 2011 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Tue Sep 20 12:13:13 2011 -0700
@@ -4,9 +4,27 @@
  ** The PCRE library is now required to build Octave.
 
  ** Octave now features a profiler, thanks to the work of Daniel Kraft
-    under the Google Summer of Code mentorship program. The manual has
+    under the Google Summer of Code mentorship program.  The manual has
     been updated to reflect this addition.
 
+ ** Overhaul of statistical distribution functions
+
+    Functions now return "single" outputs for inputs of class "single".
+
+    75% reduction in memory usage through use of logical indexing.
+
+    Random sample functions now use the same syntax as rand() and accept
+    a comma separated list of dimensions or a dimension vector.
+
+    Functions have been made Matlab-compatible with regard to special
+    cases (probability on boundaries, probabilities for values outside
+    distribution, etc.).  This may cause subtle changes to existing
+    scripts.
+
+    negative binomial function has been extended to real, non-integer inputs.
+    discrete_inv() now returns v(1) for 0 instead of NaN.
+    nbincdf() recoded to use closed form solution with betainc().
+
  ** strread, textscan, and textread have been completely revamped.
 
     They now support nearly all Matlab functionality including:
@@ -20,7 +38,7 @@
  ** Certain string functions have been modified for greater Matlab compatibility
     and for 15X greater performance when operating on cell array of strings.
 
-    deblank : Now requires character or cellstr input
+    deblank : Now requires character or cellstr input.
     strtrim : Now requires character or cellstr input.
               No longer trims nulls ("\0") from string for ML compatibility.
     strmatch: Follows documentation precisely and ignores trailing spaces