Bug 817 – Pareto rng constructors using scale and shape instead of mean and shape

Bug 817 - Pareto rng constructors using scale and shape instead of mean and shape


Summary:	Pareto rng constructors using scale and shape instead of mean and shape

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	ns-3
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	core
Version:	ns-3-dev
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P5 enhancement
Assigned To:	ns-bugs

URL:	http://codereview.appspot.com/207098/...
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Reported:	2010-02-15 13:00 EST by Tommaso Pecorella
Modified:	2010-03-01 20:16 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Tommaso Pecorella 2010-02-15 13:00:38 EST

pareto rng constructors only allows the use of mean and shape, preventing to have a pareto with undefined mean (useful in some cases).

I added such constructors and added a warning in the documentation that making a pareto with a defined mean and shape <= 1 is definitely a bad idea. If an user doesn't read the manual and doesn't know what a pareto distribution is, he deserve a core dump.