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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.discrete;
import javanpst.utils.Operations;
import javanpst.distributions.common.Distribution;
/**
* A poisson distribution, with a specified mean
*
* @author Joaqu�n Derrac Rus (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
* @version 1.0
*/
public final class PoissonDistribution implements Distribution{
/**
* Mean of the distribution
*/
private double mean;
/**
* Default builder.
*
* Creates a Poisson distribution with mean = 1.0
*/
public PoissonDistribution(){
mean=1.0;
}//end-method
/**
* Builder.
*
* Creates a Poisson distribution with a given mean
*
* @param mean Mean for the distribution
*/
public PoissonDistribution(double mean){
this.mean=mean;
}//end-method
/**
* Copy constructor
*
* Creates a copy of a given Poisson distribution
*
* @param old Poisson distribution to copy
*/
public PoissonDistribution(PoissonDistribution old){
this(old.getMean());
}//end-method
/**
* Sets the mean of the distribution.
*
* Mean must be positive
*
* @param value Mean value
*/
public void setMean(double value){
if(value>0.0){
mean=value;
}
}//end-method
/**
* Gets the mean of the distribution
*
* @return Mean value
*/
public double getMean(){
return mean;
}//end-method
/**
* Computes mass probability at a given point of the Poisson distribution.
*
* Value given is converted to integer before computing probability.
*
* @param value point selected
* @return mass probability at 'value'
*/
public double computeProbability(double value){
double prob=0.0;
int x = (int) Math.floor(value);
if(x<0){
prob=0.0;
}
else{
prob=(Math.exp(-mean)*Math.pow(mean, (double)x))/(Operations.factorial(x));
}
return prob;
}//end-method
/**
* Computes cumulative probability at a given point of the Poisson distribution.
*
* Value given is converted to integer before computing probability.
*
* @param value point selected
* @return cumulative probability at 'value'
*/
public double computeCumulativeProbability(double value){
double prob=0.0;
int x = (int) Math.floor(value);
for(int i=0;i<=x;i++){
prob+=computeProbability(x);
}
return prob;
}//end-method
/**
* To String method.
*
* @return string representation of the distribution
*/
public String toString(){
String text="";
text+="Poisson distribution. Parameters Mean:"+mean;
return text;
}//end-method
}//end-class
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