[SciPy-Dev] GSoC: Integrate library UNU.RAN into scipy.stats

[Tirth Patel]

Submitted :)

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 1:40 PM Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:00 AM Tirth Patel <tirthasheshpatel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ralf,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for taking a look and for the positive feedback! I have
>> tried to address your comments on the doc. Feel free to check them or ask
>> for more changes.
>>
>
> Looks good. I suggest submitting it, since the deadline is tomorrow -
> don't leave it till the last minute:)
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>
>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Tirth Patel
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 10:33 PM Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 10:46 AM Tirth Patel <tirthasheshpatel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have been working on a draft proposal lately and think it is almost
>>>> ready. Please feel free to add suggestions/comments, if any.
>>>>
>>>> Proposal:
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xvRdpNVseTL8d7eWdiyY6rcNxBVKCXt81xE9HyXvtqE/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tirth, this is a very well-written proposal. I added one comment in
>>> your GDoc about keeping some time for discussing the API with the community
>>> and if needed iterating on it. Your proposal seems good to submit though,
>>> it has enough detail and the plan and milestones look good.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ralf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Tirth Patel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 7:19 PM Tirth Patel <tirthasheshpatel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to participate in GSoC this year and found this project
>>>>> very interesting!
>>>>>
>>>>> TL; DR: I have a few questions regarding the project:
>>>>>   - Is the user interface desired as a separate python submodule
>>>>> (inside `scipy.stats`) or does it serve as an extension of the `rvs`
>>>>> method?
>>>>>   - Should UNU.RAN C library be included as a submodule within SciPy
>>>>> (e.g. gh-12043) or be cloned from a separate GitHub submodule (e.g
>>>>> gh-13328)?
>>>>>
>>>>> About Me
>>>>> ********
>>>>> I am Tirth (@tirthasheshpatel on GitHub), a third-year computer
>>>>> science undergrad student. I am quite familiar with Cython and a lot
>>>>> of my college courses make use of C. I have a good knowledge of
>>>>> probability theory and statistics.
>>>>>
>>>>> Open Source work: I have participated in GSoC with the PyMC team last
>>>>> year. I am a contributor to SciPy since May 2020 and recently a
>>>>> maintainer.
>>>>>
>>>>> About Project
>>>>> *************
>>>>> I had a question about the project. Is the user interface desired as a
>>>>> separate python submodule inside `scipy.stats`? like:
>>>>>
>>>>>     import scipy.stats as stats
>>>>>
>>>>>     # sample a 1000 variates from a normal distribution
>>>>>     # with mean 0 and std 1.5. Let UNU.RAN choose the method
>>>>>     rvs = stats.random.normal(0., 1.5, size=1000, method='auto')
>>>>>
>>>>>     # sample 100 samples from the beta distribution using TDR method
>>>>>     beta_rvs = stats.random.beta(1, 2, size=100, method='tdr')
>>>>>
>>>>>     # the `rvs` methods remains unaffected.
>>>>>     norm_rvs = stats.norm.rvs(0, 1.5, size=1000)
>>>>>
>>>>> Or does it serve as an extension of the `rvs` method:
>>>>>
>>>>>     from scipy.stats import norm, beta
>>>>>
>>>>>     # something like this:
>>>>>     # method = None => same behaviour as previous versions
>>>>>     # method = 'auto' => use UNU.RAN and let it choose the method
>>>>>     rvs = norm.rvs(0, 1.5, size=1000, method='auto')
>>>>>
>>>>>     beta_rvs = beta.rvs(1, 2, size=100, method='tdr')
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, should UNU.RAN C library be included as a submodule within SciPy
>>>>> (e.g. gh-12043) or be cloned from a separate GitHub submodule (e.g
>>>>> gh-13328)?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>> Tirth
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> SciPy-Dev mailing list
>>>> SciPy-Dev at python.org
>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> SciPy-Dev mailing list
>>> SciPy-Dev at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SciPy-Dev mailing list
>> SciPy-Dev at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev
>>
> _______________________________________________
> SciPy-Dev mailing list
> SciPy-Dev at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev
>

Kind Regards,
Tirth Patel
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.python.org/pipermail/scipy-dev/attachments/20210412/18e93a96/attachment-0001.html>