From Jerry.Lewis at biogenidec.com  Tue May 27 17:45:03 2008
From: Jerry.Lewis at biogenidec.com (Jerry.Lewis at biogenidec.com)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:45:03 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Rd] solve cdf for noncentrality (PR#11527)
Message-ID: <20080527154503.A04E12834154@mail.pubhealth.ku.dk>

Full_Name: Jerry W. Lewis
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The current distribution function naming convention inherited from S (d*, p*,
q*, r* for pdf/pmf, cdf, quantile, & random numbers) is inadequate for
noncentral distributions, where there is frequently a need to solve the equation
p*(...)=p for the noncentrality parameter instead of the quantile.



[Rd] solve cdf for noncentrality (PR#11527)
Jerry.Lewis at biogenidec.com