[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2651: Documentation errors, potential application problems

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2651: Documentation errors, potential application problems
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-13 10:08:55

#2651: Documentation errors, potential application problems
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 Reporter:  georg.mainik_at_[hidden]  |       Owner:              
     Type:  Bugs                                     |      Status:  new         
Milestone:                                           |   Component:  None        
  Version:  Boost 1.35.0                             |    Severity:  Optimization
 Keywords:  Pareto Distribution                      |  
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 Some formulae in the documentation of pareto_distribution are wrong, e.g.
 the true quantile is beta/(1-p)^(1/alpha).

 Further I have a remark on the implementation. According to the
 documentation page, computation errors are low except p is near to 1.
 Unfortunately, this is just the region of interest in extreme value
 applications, and the Pareto distribution is widely used there.

 I have not tested the implementation yet, but there may be some problems
 with extreme value applications.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2651>
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