package org.spaceroots.mantissa.quadrature.scalar;

import org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.scalar.*;
import org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.FunctionException;
import org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.ExhaustedSampleException;

/** This class implements a Riemann integrator as a sample.

 * 

A Riemann integrator is a very simple one that assumes the * function is constant over the integration step. Since it is very * simple, this algorithm needs very small steps to achieve high * accuracy, and small steps lead to numerical errors and * instabilities.

*

This algorithm is almost never used and has been included in * this package only as a simple template for more useful * integrators.

* @see RiemannIntegrator * @version $Id: RiemannIntegratorSampler.java 1237 2002-03-20 21:01:57Z luc $ * @author L. Maisonobe */ public class RiemannIntegratorSampler implements SampledFunctionIterator { /** Underlying sample iterator. */ private SampledFunctionIterator iter; /** Current point. */ private ScalarValuedPair current; /** Current running sum. */ private double sum; /** Constructor. * Build an integrator from an underlying sample iterator. * @param iter iterator over the base function */ public RiemannIntegratorSampler(SampledFunctionIterator iter) throws ExhaustedSampleException, FunctionException { this.iter = iter; // get the first point current = iter.nextSamplePoint(); // initialize the sum sum = 0.0; } public boolean hasNext() { return iter.hasNext(); } public ScalarValuedPair nextSamplePoint() throws ExhaustedSampleException, FunctionException { // performs one step of a Riemann scheme ScalarValuedPair previous = current; current = iter.nextSamplePoint(); sum += (current.getX() - previous.getX()) * previous.getY(); return new ScalarValuedPair(current.getX(), sum); } }

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