com.rapidminer.tools.math.distribution
Interface Distribution

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

EmpiricalDistribution

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContinuousDistribution, DiscreteDistribution, EmpiricalNormalDistribution, FullKernelDistribution, GreedyKernelDistribution, KernelDistribution, NormalDistribution, NormalKernel

public interface Distribution
extends java.io.Serializable

The basic interface for all distributions of variables.

Author:

Tobias Malbrecht

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAttributeName()
int	getNumberOfParameters() This should return the number of parameters defining this distribution
java.lang.String	getParameterName(int index) This method should return the name of the i-th parameter
double	getParameterValue(int index) This method should return the value of the i-th parameter
double	getProbability(double value) This method returns the density of the given distribution at the specified value.
boolean	isContinuous()
boolean	isDiscrete()
java.lang.String	mapValue(double value) this method should return a string representation of the given value.
java.lang.String	toString() Should return an textual representation of the distribution.

Method Detail

isDiscrete

boolean isDiscrete()

isContinuous

boolean isContinuous()

getAttributeName

java.lang.String getAttributeName()

getProbability

double getProbability(double value)

This method returns the density of the given distribution at the specified value.

Parameters:

value - the value which density shall be returned

mapValue

java.lang.String mapValue(double value)

this method should return a string representation of the given value. Numerical Attributes might return a string representation of the value.

Parameters:

value -

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Should return an textual representation of the distribution.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getNumberOfParameters

int getNumberOfParameters()

This should return the number of parameters defining this distribution

getParameterName

java.lang.String getParameterName(int index)

This method should return the name of the i-th parameter

getParameterValue

double getParameterValue(int index)

This method should return the value of the i-th parameter