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Copyright (C) 2011
J. Derrac (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
S. Garcia (sglopez@ujaen.es)
F. Herrera (herrera@decsai.ugr.es)
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package javanpst.distributions.common.continuous;
import javanpst.distributions.common.Distribution;
/**
* A exponential distribution.
*
*
* @author Joaqu�n Derrac Rus (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
* @version 1.0
*/
public final class ExponentialDistribution implements Distribution{
/**
* Lambda parameter
*/
private double lambda;
/**
* Default builder.
*
* Creates a exponential distribution with lambda = 1
*/
public ExponentialDistribution(){
lambda= 1.0;
}//end-method
/**
* Builder.
*
* Creates a exponential distribution with specified lambda
*
* @param lambda lambda parameer of the distribution
*/
public ExponentialDistribution(double lambda){
this.lambda=lambda;
}//end-method
/**
* Copy constructor
*
* Creates a copy of a given exponential distribution
*
* @param old exponential distribution to copy
*/
public ExponentialDistribution(ExponentialDistribution old){
this(old.getLambda());
}//end-method
/**
* Sets lambda parameter
*
* @param value value for the lambda parameter
*/
public void setLambda(double value){
lambda=value;
}//end-method
/**
* Sets mean of the distribution (mean = 1/lambda)
*
* @param value value for the mean
*/
public void setMean(double value){
lambda=1.0/value;
}//end-method
/**
* Gets mean of the distribution (mean = 1/lambda)
*
* @return mean of the distribution
*/
public double getMean(){
return 1.0/lambda;
}//end-method
/**
* Gets lambda parameter
*
* @return lambda value
*/
public double getLambda(){
return lambda;
}//end-method
/**
* Computes mass probability at a given point of the exponential distribution.
*
* @param x point selected
* @return mass probability at 'x'
*/
public double computeProbability(double x) {
double value;
if(x>=0.0){
value = lambda*Math.pow(Math.E,-lambda*x);
}
else{
value=0.0;
}
return value;
}//end-method
/**
* Computes cumulative probability at a given point of the exponential distribution.
*
* @param x point selected
* @return cumulative probability at 'x'
*/
public double computeCumulativeProbability(double x) {
double value;
if(x>=0.0){
value = 1.0- Math.pow(Math.E,-lambda*x);
}
else{
value=0.0;
}
return value;
}//end-method
/**
* To String method.
*
* @return string representation of the distribution
*/
public String toString(){
String text="";
text+="Exponential distribution. Parameters Lambda: "+lambda;
return text;
}//end-method
}//end-class
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