--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/numerics/gaussian.py	Fri Jul 21 09:08:34 2017 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+estimate Gaussian parameters for a given distribution of numbers
+
+"""
+
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+
+    raise NotImplementedError('TODO')
+
+    # parse command line
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()