remedian 0.1.0

Remedian: robust averaging of large data sets

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# remedian
The Remedian: A Robust Averaging Method for Large Data Sets - Python implementation

This algorithm is used to approximate the median of several data chunks if
these data chunks cannot (or should not) be loaded into memory at once.

Given a data chunk of size `obs_size`, and `t` data chunks overall, the
Remedian class sets up a number `k_arrs` of arrays of length `n_obs`.

The median of the `t` data chunks of size `obs_size` is then approximated
as follows: One data chunk after another is fed into the `n_obs` positions
of the first array. When the first array is full, its median is calculated
and stored in the first position of the second array. After this, the first
array is re-used to fill the second position of the second array, etc.
When the second array is full, the median of its values is stored in the
first position of the third array, and so on.

The final "Remedian" is the median of the last array, after all `t` data
chunks have been fed into the object.

References
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1. P.J. Rousseeuw, G.W. Bassett Jr., "The remedian:
A robust averaging method for large data sets", Journal
of the American Statistical Association, vol. 85 (1990),
pp. 97-104

2. M. Chao, G. Lin, "The asymptotic distributions of
the remedians", Journal of Statistical Planning and
Inference, vol. 37 (1993), pp. 1-11

3. Domenico Cantone, Micha Hofri, "Further analysis of
the remedian algorithm", Theoretical Computer Science,
vol. 495 (2013), pp. 1-16

# Installation

`pip install remedian`

# Installation of most recent version

1. activate your python environment
2. `git clone https://www.github.com/sappelhoff/remedian`
3. `cd remedian`
5. `pip install -e .`
6. then you should be able to `from remedian.remedian import Remedian`