cern.jet.random

Class AbstractDiscreteDistribution

java.lang.Object

cern.colt.PersistentObject

cern.jet.random.AbstractDistribution

cern.jet.random.AbstractDiscreteDistribution

All Implemented Interfaces:

DoubleFunction, IntFunction, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Binomial, EmpiricalWalker, HyperGeometric, NegativeBinomial, Poisson, PoissonSlow, Zeta

public abstract class AbstractDiscreteDistribution
extends AbstractDistribution

Abstract base class for all discrete distributions.

Version:

1.0, 09/24/99

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cern.colt.PersistentObject

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	nextDouble() Returns a random number from the distribution; returns (double) nextInt().
abstract int	nextInt() Returns a random number from the distribution.

Methods inherited from class cern.jet.random.AbstractDistribution

apply, apply, clone, makeDefaultGenerator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

nextDouble

public double nextDouble()

Returns a random number from the distribution; returns (double) nextInt().

Specified by:

nextDouble in class AbstractDistribution

nextInt

public abstract int nextInt()

Returns a random number from the distribution.

Overrides:

nextInt in class AbstractDistribution