1 package nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.distributions;
2
3 import nl.tudelft.simulation.jstats.streams.StreamInterface;
4
5 /**
6 * The Continuous distribution. For more information on this distribution see
7 * <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ContinuousDistribution.html">
8 * https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ContinuousDistribution.html </a>
9 * <p>
10 * Copyright (c) 2002-2025 Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. See
11 * for project information <a href="https://simulation.tudelft.nl/dsol/manual/" target="_blank">DSOL Manual</a>. The DSOL
12 * project is distributed under a three-clause BSD-style license, which can be found at
13 * <a href="https://simulation.tudelft.nl/dsol/docs/latest/license.html" target="_blank">DSOL License</a>.
14 * </p>
15 * @author <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhmjacobs">Peter Jacobs </a>
16 * @author <a href="https://github.com/averbraeck">Alexander Verbraeck</a>
17 */
18 public abstract class DistContinuous extends Dist
19 {
20 /**
21 * constructs a new continuous distribution.
22 * @param stream the stream
23 */
24 public DistContinuous(final StreamInterface stream)
25 {
26 super(stream);
27 }
28
29 /**
30 * draws the next stream value according to the probability of this this distribution.
31 * @return the next double value drawn.
32 */
33 public abstract double draw();
34
35 /**
36 * returns the probability density value of a value x.
37 * @param x the value for which the density function needs to be calculated
38 * @return the probability density for value x
39 */
40 public abstract double getProbabilityDensity(double x);
41 }