DistContinuous (DSOL core project 4.2.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.distributions.Dist
- - nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.distributions.DistContinuous

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DistBeta, DistConstant, DistEmpiricalDiscreteDouble, DistEmpiricalInterpolated, DistErlang, DistExponential, DistGamma, DistNormal, DistNormalTrunc, DistPearson5, DistPearson6, DistTriangular, DistUniform, DistWeibull
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public abstract class DistContinuous
extends Dist
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The Continuous distribution. For more information on this distribution see https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ContinuousDistribution.html
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Author:

Peter Jacobs , Alexander Verbraeck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.distributions.Dist
  stream

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DistContinuous(StreamInterface stream)
constructs a new continuous distribution.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract double`	`draw()`	draws the next stream value according to the probability of this this distribution.
`abstract double`	`getProbabilityDensity(double x)`	returns the probability density value of a value x.

Methods inherited from class nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.distributions.Dist
getStream, setStream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DistContinuous
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public DistContinuous(StreamInterface stream)
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    constructs a new continuous distribution.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stream - StreamInterface; the stream
- Method Detail
  - draw
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public abstract double draw()
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    draws the next stream value according to the probability of this this distribution.
    
    Returns:
    
    the next double value drawn.
  - getProbabilityDensity
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public abstract double getProbabilityDensity(double x)
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    returns the probability density value of a value x.
    
    Parameters:
    
    x - double; the value for which the density function needs to be calculated
    
    Returns:
    
    double; the probability density for value x