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bug #31376: wbl (Weibull) function docs confuse shape and scale parameter

Submitted by:  Muhali <muhali>
Submitted on:  Tue 19 Oct 2010 08:02:40 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: devOperating System: GNU/Linux

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Thu 21 Oct 2010 07:00:55 PM UTC, comment #2:

Thanks for the patches. It made things easier.

I modified some of the Tex equations to take advantage of fraction and exponent typesetting. The changeset is now in the Hg archive: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/9cb5c0b7b43b.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Tue 19 Oct 2010 09:16:36 PM UTC, comment #1:

How about submitting a patch to fix the problem?

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Tue 19 Oct 2010 08:02:40 PM UTC, original submission:

The Weibull function docs obviously have shape and scale parameters mixed up:

"...Weibull distribution with shape parameter SCALE and scale
parameter SHAPE..."

This bug has been around for some time now, such as

here, or

here, or

here.

Muhali

Muhali <muhali>

 

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file #21725:  wblcdf.patch added by muhali (709B - text/x-patch - Weibull functions with corrected scale and shape parameters (patch))
file #21726:  wblrnd.patch added by muhali (2KiB - text/x-patch - Weibull functions with corrected scale and shape parameters (patch))
file #21727:  wblinv.patch added by muhali (1KiB - text/x-patch - Weibull functions with corrected scale and shape parameters (patch))
file #21728:  wblpdf.patch added by muhali (2KiB - text/x-patch - Weibull functions with corrected scale and shape parameters (patch))

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Thu 21 Oct 2010 07:00:55 PM UTCrik5StatusNone=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Tue 19 Oct 2010 10:31:10 PM UTCmuhaliAttached File-=>Added wblcdf.patch, #21725
      Attached File-=>Added wblrnd.patch, #21726
      Attached File-=>Added wblinv.patch, #21727
      Attached File-=>Added wblpdf.patch, #21728

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