eduni.distributions
Class Generator

java.lang.Object
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  +--eduni.distributions.Generator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Seedable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bernoulli, Beta, Binomial, Cauchy, ChiSquare, Erlang, FDistribution, Gamma, Geometric, Invgamma, Logistic, Negexp, Normal, Pareto, Pascal, Poisson, Tstudent, Uniform, Weibull

public abstract class Generator

extends java.lang.Object

implements Seedable

A generic Generator class which delegates its Seedable ability to a Distributions object.

Field Summary

protected Distributions

distrib

Method Summary

long	getSeed() Get the random number generator's seed.
void	reseed() Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)
void	setSeed(long seed) Set the random number generator's seed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

distrib

protected Distributions distrib

Method Detail

setSeed

public void setSeed(long seed)

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Set the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

setSeed in interface Seedable

Parameters:

seed - The new seed for the generator

getSeed

public long getSeed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

getSeed in interface Seedable

Returns:

The generator's seed

reseed

public void reseed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)

Specified by:

reseed in interface Seedable