91 lines
2.9 KiB
XML
91 lines
2.9 KiB
XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
|
|
|
|
<document>
|
|
|
|
<properties>
|
|
<title>Commons-Math: The Jakarta Mathematics Library</title>
|
|
<author email="rdonkin@apache.org">Robert Burrell Donkin</author>
|
|
<author email="tobrien@apache.org">Tim O'Brien</author>
|
|
</properties>
|
|
|
|
<body>
|
|
|
|
<section name="Commons-Math: The Jakarta Mathematics Library" href="summary">
|
|
<p>
|
|
The Java programming language and the math extensions in
|
|
Commons Lang provide implementations for only the most basic
|
|
mathematical algorithms. Routine development tasks such as
|
|
computing basic statistics or solving a system of linear equations
|
|
require components not available in Java or Commons Lang.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Most basic mathematical or statistical algorithms are available in
|
|
open source implementations, but to assemble a simple set of
|
|
capabilities one has to use multiple libraries, many of which have
|
|
more restrictive licensing terms than the ASF. In addition, many
|
|
of the best open source implementations (e.g. the R statistical
|
|
package) are either not available in Java or require large support
|
|
libraries and/or external dependencies to work.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Commons Math is a library of lightweight, self-contained
|
|
mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common
|
|
problems not available in the Java programming language or Commons
|
|
Lang.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Guiding principles:
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Real-world application use cases will determine development
|
|
priority.
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
This package will emphasize small, easily integrated components
|
|
rather than large libraries with complex dependencies and
|
|
configurations.
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
All algorithms will be fully documented and follow generally
|
|
accepted best practices.
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
In situations where multiple standard algorithms exist, a
|
|
Strategy pattern will be used to support multiple
|
|
implementations.
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Limited dependencies. No external dependencies beyond Commons
|
|
components and the core Java 2 platform.
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
</p>
|
|
<subsection name='An Apology To British Users And Developers'>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Yes - I know that it should be commons-maths. But think of all the
|
|
bandwidth saved by losing that 's' ;)
|
|
</p>
|
|
</subsection>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section name="Download Math">
|
|
<subsection name="Releases">
|
|
<p>
|
|
There haven't been any yet! The more people who contribute, the
|
|
quicker this will happen.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</subsection>
|
|
<subsection name="Nightly Builds">
|
|
<p>
|
|
Nightly builds are built once a day from the current CVS HEAD.
|
|
This is (nearly) the lastest code and so should be treated with
|
|
caution!
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
You can get the nightly builds from <a
|
|
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/nightly/commons-math/">here</a>
|
|
</p>
|
|
</subsection>
|
|
</section>
|
|
</body>
|
|
</document>
|