Hi Tom,
We need volunteer review managers for most of the libraries in the review queue. If your interested, let us know. Preferably, you would have a background in the problem domain, but no association with the library and a contributer to the boost mailing list.
I am willing to act as review manager for the Statistical Distributions library. I have read the job description and believe that I am qualified to assist with this library. At the outset, I would also like to ask John and Paul to consider the possibility of either a) splitting the library up into three components, corresponding to the statistical distributions, the special functions, and the utilities. That split is already reflected in the documents, and it might be easier to discuss and review smaller pieces separately... Regards, Matthias
----------------------------------- Library: Statistical Distributions Author: John Maddock Location: Boost Sandbox Vault (math-toolkit) Review Manager: Needed Date: Needed Summary: Provides many of the tools required to implement mathematical special functions: hopefully the presence of these will encourage other authors to contribute more special function implementations in the future. There are helpers for the evaluation of infinite series, continued fractions and rational approximations. There is a fairly comprehensive set of root finding and function minimisation algorithms: both with and without derivative support. A Remez algorithm implementation allows for the locating of minimax rational approximations. There are also (experimental) classes for the manipulation of polynomials, for testing a special function against tabulated test data, and for the rapid generation of test data and/or data for output to an external graphing application.
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