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Use the term "numerical integration" instead of "Monte Carlo simulation" in documentation and comments (since no real randomness is involved)
author jbe
date Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200 (2016-10-25)
parents 1b9cd45e9e48
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     1.1 --- a/README.html	Tue Oct 25 18:54:59 2016 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/README.html	Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200
     1.3 @@ -513,12 +513,12 @@
     1.4  points in the <code>ecluster</code>.</li>
     1.5  </ul>
     1.6  
     1.7 -<p>The function interally uses a Monte Carlo simulation to compute the result. The
     1.8 -third parameter (which defaults to 10000) can be used to adjust the number of
     1.9 -samples taken. It is ensured that the penalty is always positive, i.e. results
    1.10 -returned by the <code>fair_distance</code> function are always equal to or greater than
    1.11 -the results returned by the <code>distance</code> function regardless of stochastic
    1.12 -effects.</p>
    1.13 +<p>The function interally uses numerical integration (Monte Carlo like) to compute
    1.14 +the result. The third parameter (which defaults to 10000) can be used to adjust
    1.15 +the number of samples taken. It is ensured that the penalty is always positive,
    1.16 +i.e. results returned by the <code>fair_distance</code> function are always equal to or
    1.17 +greater than the results returned by the <code>distance</code> function regardless of
    1.18 +stochastic effects.</p>
    1.19  
    1.20  <h4><code>GeoJSON_to_epoint(jsonb, text)</code></h4>
    1.21  

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