pgLatLon
diff README.mkd @ 45:10640afbe2ea
Use the term "numerical integration" instead of "Monte Carlo simulation" in documentation and comments (since no real randomness is involved)
author | jbe |
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date | Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200 (2016-10-25) |
parents | 1b9cd45e9e48 |
children | 3cbce515387f |
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1.1 --- a/README.mkd Tue Oct 25 18:54:59 2016 +0200 1.2 +++ b/README.mkd Tue Oct 25 22:15:17 2016 +0200 1.3 @@ -494,12 +494,12 @@ 1.4 closest point in the `ecluster` multiplied by the square root of the count of 1.5 points in the `ecluster`. 1.6 1.7 -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 `fair_distance` function are always equal to or greater than 1.11 -the results returned by the `distance` function regardless of stochastic 1.12 -effects. 1.13 +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 `fair_distance` function are always equal to or 1.17 +greater than the results returned by the `distance` function regardless of 1.18 +stochastic effects. 1.19 1.20 #### `GeoJSON_to_epoint(jsonb, text)` 1.21