de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data.synthetic.bymodel.distribution
Interface Distribution

All Known Implementing Classes:

NormalDistribution, UniformDistribution

public interface Distribution

Interface for a simple distribution generator with a PDF, i.e. it can also compute a density

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

double	explain(double val) Return the density of an existing value
double	generate() Generate a new random value
String	toString() Describe the generator

Method Detail

generate

double generate()

Generate a new random value

Returns:

new generated value

explain

double explain(double val)

Return the density of an existing value

Parameters:

val - existing value

Returns:

distribution density

toString

String toString()

Describe the generator

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

description