RFC: add support for computing the arithmetic mean of a single-precision floating-point strided array ignoring NaN values and using an improved Kahan-Babuska algorithm

[kgryte]

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This RFC proposes adding support for computing the arithmetic mean of a single-precision floating-point strided array ignoring NaN values and using an improved Kahan-Babuska algorithm. This would be a lower-level strided interface which includes a native C implementation and has the following package name:

Package: @stdlib/stats/base/snanmeankbn Related: @stdlib/stats/base/smeankbn

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[dorrin-sot]

Hi again! Is this feature request accepted and if so, can I work on it?

[kgryte]

Hey, @dorrin-sot. Same concern as the other issue. Namely, I need to update the reference implementations. Maybe consider https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues/227?

[dorrin-sot]

thanks a lot ❤️