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Re: gsl_ran_sample_matrix()
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
- To: Joakim Hove <joakim dot hove at phys dot ntnu dot no>
- Cc: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:06:53 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: gsl_ran_sample_matrix()
- References: <k0nadl4ks6i.fsf@metropolis.phys.ntnu.no>
Joakim Hove writes:
> i have written a small function, gsl_ran_sample_matrix(), which is
> very similar to gsl_ran_sample(), but samples an entire row of data
> from the original matrix.
> When doing a bootstrap estimate of parameters I resample the
> measurements randomly, but then of course it is important the whole
> set of x,y,delta x and delta y values which belong together are
> sample together.
> Would this be interesting to include in gsl??
Bootstrapping would be useful to have in GSL, but it should have a
generic API that can work with any object.