Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Received: from cust-asf.ponee.io (cust-asf.ponee.io [163.172.22.183]) by cust-asf2.ponee.io (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13347200B17 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:59:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) id 11A5E160A55; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 00:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 80243160A24 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:59:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 90654 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jun 2016 00:58:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@drill.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@drill.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@drill.apache.org Received: (qmail 90643 invoked by uid 99); 7 Jun 2016 00:58:59 -0000 Received: from mail-relay.apache.org (HELO mail-relay.apache.org) (140.211.11.15) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:58:59 +0000 Received: from mail-pa0-f51.google.com (mail-pa0-f51.google.com [209.85.220.51]) by mail-relay.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mail-relay.apache.org) with ESMTPSA id 670981A0052 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 00:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id bz2so40325914pad.1 for ; Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:58:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKEGVLSua+4vKsMyCcYaEmSee59jAwTT9hdCi2f2Zy8r3JNjQj6toR0Zc4qW2fltl3d7YKrG0b9dc6b4WD5 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id am7mr27922679pad.75.1465261138711; Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:58:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.85.131 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:58:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 17:58:58 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: median, quantile From: Parth Chandra To: dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b16007bad33f40534a5b1f0 archived-at: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:59:01 -0000 --047d7b16007bad33f40534a5b1f0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hey Steven, Somehow I missed this one when you posted it. Since you asked, I would suggest a different name from median, quartile since that might mislead. How about td_median, td_quantile ? On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Steven Phillips wrote: > I submitted a pull request a little while ago that introduces (approximate) > median and quantile functions using the tdigest library. > > https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/456 > > It would be great if I could get some feedback on this. Specifically, is it > ok to call these functions median and quantile, given that they are not > exact. > --047d7b16007bad33f40534a5b1f0--