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Statistics::ErrorPropagation version 0.01
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DESCRIPTION

A function f({X_i}) of a set of n independent stochastic variables 
{X_i}={X_0, X_1, ..., X_(n-1)}
with means {x_i}={x_0, x_1, ..., x_(n-1)}
and corresponding variances {var_i}={var_0, var_1, ..., var_(n-1)}, 
has mean f({x_i}) and a variance var_f which is the sum 
of the squared partial derivatives multiplied by the variances 

var_f  = (df/dx_i)**2 var_i

This package allows the propagation of errors on the variables through
various simple mathematical operations to automatically compute the error of 
the function. Use it to define  data each with a central (mean) value and 
either the variance or standard deviation (square root of the variance), 
then apply perl's mathematical operators to them to calculate your function 
f. These operators are overloaded so that f automatically has the correct
variance.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Carp 
  Test::Harness 
  Test::More 

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2002 Zbigniew Sroczynski. All rights reserved. 
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
under the same terms as Perl itself; i.e. only under the terms of either 
the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found 
in the Perl 5 source kit.

Copyright (C) 2002 Zbigniew Sroczynski