[GitHub] [incubator-datasketches-java] jmalkin commented on issue #328: Maximal estimate error

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jmalkin commented on issue #328:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-datasketches-java/issues/328#issuecomment-665128666


   Error is probabilistic, and for larger values is approximately Gaussian. Bounds estimates are provided in terms of 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations, with a decreasing probability of exceeding each of the bounds, respectively. That same trend persists indefinitely, but we don't quantify it.


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