probability_distribution
Class ProbabilityDist

java.lang.Object
  probability_distribution.ProbabilityDist

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExponentialDist, UniformDist

public abstract class ProbabilityDist
extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class defines the method that a probability distribution should provide.

Author:

Majd Kokaly

Constructor Summary

ProbabilityDist()

Method Summary

abstract double	FInverse(double x) Every Probability Distribution should include a function which returns the inverse of probability function
double	getNextValue() For example, producing a collection of 100 numbers by invoking this method 100 times, will produce a collection of numbers that conform to a specific probability distribution.
double	getTimeToNextEvent() Just an alias for getNextValue.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProbabilityDist

public ProbabilityDist()

Method Detail

getNextValue

public double getNextValue()

For example, producing a collection of 100 numbers by invoking this method 100 times, will produce a collection of numbers that conform to a specific probability distribution. The probability distribution is determined by the implementation of this abstract class. This method, for instance could be used to give the time between events, if these events happen to follow a specific distribution.

getTimeToNextEvent

public final double getTimeToNextEvent()

Just an alias for getNextValue.

Returns:

getNextValue()

FInverse

public abstract double FInverse(double x)

Every Probability Distribution should include a function which returns the inverse of probability function

Returns: