* add the numerical analysis and prob/stat references that have been posted or

included in javadoc recently, plus a few more generic references.
* update the task list based on accomplishments and discussion

PR: Issue 20357
Obtained from: Bugzilla
Submitted by: Phil Steitz
Reviewed by: Tim O'Brien


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/proper/math/trunk@140872 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

project.xml

@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ The Math project is a library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and sta
   <contributors>
    <contributor>
      <name>Phil Steitz</name>
-     <email/>
+     <email>phil@steitz.com</email>
-     <roles>proposal author, initial contributor</roles>
+     <roles>
+        <role>proposal author</role> 
+        <role>initial contributor</role>
+     </roles>   
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>Mark R. Diggory</name>
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ The Math project is a library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and sta
   </build>
 
   <reports>
-   <report>maven-changelog-plugin</report>
+   <report>maven-changelog-plugin</report> 
    <report>maven-changes-plugin</report>
    <report>maven-checkstyle-plugin</report>
 <!--   <report>maven-clover-plugin</report> -->

xdocs/developers.xml

@@ -37,9 +37,45 @@
        http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/ieee754.ps
       </a><br/>
      </dd>
+     <dt>Numerical analysis</dt>
+     <dd>
+      <a href="http://www.nr.com/ ">
+       Numerical Recipes (NR)
+      </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.mathcom.com/corpdir/techinfo.mdir/scifaq/index.html">
+       mathcom scientific computing FAQ
+      </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.ma.man.ac.uk/~higham/asna/asna2.pdf">
+       Bibliography of accuracy and stability of numerical algorithms
+      </a><br/>
+       <a href="http://tonic.physics.sunysb.edu/docs/num_meth.html">
+       SUNY StonyBrook numerical methods page
+      </a><br/>
+       <a href="http://epubs.siam.org/sam-bin/dbq/toclist/SINUM">
+       SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis Online
+      </a><br/>    
+     </dd>
+     <dt>Probability and statistics</dt>
+     <dd>
+      <a href="http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/">
+       Statlib at CMU
+      </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/">
+       NIST Engineering Statistics Handbook
+      </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.psychstat.smsu.edu/sbk00.htm">
+       Online Introductory Statistics (David W. Stockburger)
+      </a><br/>
+       <a href="http://www.ubmail.ubalt.edu/~harsham/statistics/REFSTAT.HTM">
+       Probablilty and Statistics Resources
+      </a><br/>
+       <a href="http://www.jstatsoft.org/">
+       Online journal of statistical software
+      </a><br/>
+     </dd>
     </dl>
    </subsection>
-   <subsection name='Javadoc Comment Resources'>
+   <subsection name='Javadoc comment resources'>
     <dl>
      <dt>References for mathematical definitions.</dt>
      <dd>
@@ -49,6 +85,12 @@
       <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com">
        http://mathworld.wolfram.com
       </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook">
+       http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook
+      </a><br/>
+      <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook">
+       http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/
+      </a><br/>
      </dd>
     </dl>
    </subsection>

xdocs/tasks.xml

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
    </subsection>
 
    <subsection name="Unclassified priority"> 
-    Tasklist is based on an email from Phil Steitz on May 21, 2003
     <ul>
      <li>
       Add quantiles (1,5,10,25,50,75,90,95,99) to all Univaraite
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@
       implementations.
      </li>
      <li>
-      Add higher order moments to StoredUnivariate (UnivariateImpl 
+     Improve numerical accuracy of Univariate and BivariateRegression statistical
-      if possible).
+     computations
      </li>
      <li>
       t-test statistic needs to be added and we should probably add the
@@ -72,8 +71,8 @@
      </li>
      <li>
       The RealMatrixImpl class is missing some key method implementations.
-      The critical thing is inversion.  We need to implement a numerically
+      The critical thing is solution of linear systems.  We need to implement a 
-      sound inversion algorithm.  This will enable solve() and also
+      numerically sound solution algorithm.  This will enable inverse() and also
       support general linear regression.
      </li>
      <li>
@@ -82,28 +81,20 @@
       topology to adopt.
      </li>
      <li>
-      Bivariate Regression, corellation.  This could be done with simple
+      Binomial coefficients -- incorporate an "exact" implementation that is
-      formulas manipulating arrays and this is probably what we should aim
+      limited to what can be stored in a long.  Use this to provide binomial and
-      for in an initial release.  Down the road, we should use the
+      hypergeometric CDFs and densities.  Extend distribution framework to 
-      RealMatrixImpl solve() to support general linear regression.
+      support discrete distributions.
      </li>
      <li>
-      Binomial coefficients  An "exact" implementation that is
+      Framework and implementation strategie(s) for finding roots or real-valued
-      limited to what can be stored in a long exists.  This should be 
+      functions of one (real) variable
-      extended to use BigIntegers and potentially to support logarithmic
-      representations.
      </li>
      <li>
-      Newton's method for finding roots
+      Exponential growth and decay (set up for financial applications)
      </li>
      <li>
-      Exponential growth and decay 
+      Polynomial Interpolation
-     </li>
-     <li>
-      Polynomial Interpolation (curve fitting)
-     </li>
-     <li>
-      Sampling from Collections
      </li>
      <li>
       Addition of a Arithmetic Geometric Mean
@@ -112,6 +103,19 @@
       Javadoc generation currently throws 35 warnings.  Bring the 
       Javadoc into compliance (i.e. reach zero warnings).
      </li>
+     <li>
+      Clover tests show lots of gaps in test path coverage. Get all tests to
+      100% coverage
+     </li>
+     <li>
+      CheckStyle with modified properties still shows many errors.  Clean these
+      up.
+     </li>
+     <li>
+      Define full package structure and develop user's guide following package
+      structure
+     </li>
+      
     </ul>
    </subsection>
 
@@ -119,6 +123,15 @@
   <section name='Completed'>
    <subsection name='Since Conception'>
     <ul>
+    <li>
+      Bivariate Regression, correlation. 
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Sampling from Collections
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Add higher order moments to Univariate implementations.
+    </li>
     </ul>
    </subsection>
   </section>