[SciPy-User] the skellam distribution

Ernest Adrogué eadrogue at gmx.net
Mon Nov 9 13:20:59 EST 2009


 9/11/09 @ 17:01 (+0100), thus spake Johann Cohen-Tanugi:
>  From what I understand of the initial statement from Ernest:
> "
> In case somebody is interested, or you want to include it
> in scipy. I used these specs here from the R package:
> cran.r-project.org/web/packages/skellam/skellam.pdf
> "
> 
> he used the spec, as defined in this pdf, and did not look at the code 
> itself. If my interpretation of the small preamble above is correct, I 
> believe his implementation is not GPL-tainted, right?

Your interpretation of my preamble is correct.
I didn't look at the source code, I only read the PDF doc
where they explain in plain English how the pmf and cdf are
calculated.

-- 
Ernest



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