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| 1 | /* |
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| 2 | * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
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| 3 | * |
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| 4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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| 5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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| 6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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| 7 | * |
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| 8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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| 9 | * |
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| 10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| 11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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| 12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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| 13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| 14 | * limitations under the License. |
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| 15 | */ |
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| 16 | package org.apache.commons.math.distribution; |
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| 18 | import org.apache.commons.math.MathException; |
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| 19 | ||
| 20 | /** |
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| 21 | * Interface for discrete distributions of integer-valued random variables. |
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| 22 | * |
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| 23 | * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-26 05:11:52 -0800 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $ |
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| 24 | */ |
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| 25 | public interface IntegerDistribution extends DiscreteDistribution { |
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| 26 | /** |
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| 27 | * For a random variable X whose values are distributed according |
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| 28 | * to this distribution, this method returns P(X = x). In other words, this |
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| 29 | * method represents the probability mass function for the distribution. |
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| 30 | * |
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| 31 | * @param x the value at which the probability density function is evaluated. |
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| 32 | * @return the value of the probability density function at x |
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| 33 | */ |
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| 34 | double probability(int x); |
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| 36 | /** |
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| 37 | * For a random variable X whose values are distributed according |
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| 38 | * to this distribution, this method returns P(X ≤ x). In other words, |
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| 39 | * this method represents the probability distribution function, or PDF |
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| 40 | * for the distribution. |
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| 41 | * |
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| 42 | * @param x the value at which the PDF is evaluated. |
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| 43 | * @return PDF for this distribution. |
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| 44 | * @throws MathException if the cumulative probability can not be |
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| 45 | * computed due to convergence or other numerical errors. |
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| 46 | */ |
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| 47 | double cumulativeProbability(int x) throws MathException; |
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| 49 | /** |
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| 50 | * For this distribution, X, this method returns P(x0 ≤ X ≤ x1). |
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| 51 | * @param x0 the inclusive, lower bound |
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| 52 | * @param x1 the inclusive, upper bound |
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| 53 | * @return the cumulative probability. |
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| 54 | * @throws MathException if the cumulative probability can not be |
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| 55 | * computed due to convergence or other numerical errors. |
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| 56 | * @throws IllegalArgumentException if x0 > x1 |
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| 57 | */ |
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| 58 | double cumulativeProbability(int x0, int x1) throws MathException; |
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| 60 | /** |
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| 61 | * For this distribution, X, this method returns the largest x such that |
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| 62 | * P(X ≤ x) <= p. |
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| 63 | * <p> |
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| 64 | * Note that this definition implies: <ul> |
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| 65 | * <li> If there is a minimum value, <code>m</code>, with postive |
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| 66 | * probablility under (the density of) X, then <code>m - 1</code> is |
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| 67 | * returned by <code>inverseCumulativeProbability(0).</code> If there is |
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| 68 | * no such value <code>m, Integer.MIN_VALUE</code> is |
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| 69 | * returned.</li> |
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| 70 | * <li> If there is a maximum value, <code>M</code>, such that |
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| 71 | * P(X ≤ M) =1, then <code>M</code> is returned by |
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| 72 | * <code>inverseCumulativeProbability(1).</code> |
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| 73 | * If there is no such value, <code>M, Integer.MAX_VALUE</code> is |
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| 74 | * returned.</li></ul> |
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| 75 | * |
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| 76 | * @param p the cumulative probability. |
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| 77 | * @return the largest x such that P(X ≤ x) <= p |
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| 78 | * @throws MathException if the inverse cumulative probability can not be |
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| 79 | * computed due to convergence or other numerical errors. |
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| 80 | * @throws IllegalArgumentException if p is not between 0 and 1 (inclusive) |
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| 81 | */ |
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| 82 | int inverseCumulativeProbability(double p) throws MathException; |
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| 83 | } |