/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.math3.distribution; import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NumberIsTooLargeException; import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.OutOfRangeException; /** Interface for distributions on the integers. */ public interface IntegerDistribution { /** * For a random variable {@code X} whose values are distributed according to this distribution, * this method returns {@code P(X = x)}. In other words, this method represents the probability * mass function (PMF) for the distribution. * * @param x the point at which the PMF is evaluated * @return the value of the probability mass function at {@code x} */ double probability(int x); /** * For a random variable {@code X} whose values are distributed according to this distribution, * this method returns {@code P(X <= x)}. In other words, this method represents the * (cumulative) distribution function (CDF) for this distribution. * * @param x the point at which the CDF is evaluated * @return the probability that a random variable with this distribution takes a value less than * or equal to {@code x} */ double cumulativeProbability(int x); /** * For a random variable {@code X} whose values are distributed according to this distribution, * this method returns {@code P(x0 < X <= x1)}. * * @param x0 the exclusive lower bound * @param x1 the inclusive upper bound * @return the probability that a random variable with this distribution will take a value * between {@code x0} and {@code x1}, excluding the lower and including the upper endpoint * @throws NumberIsTooLargeException if {@code x0 > x1} */ double cumulativeProbability(int x0, int x1) throws NumberIsTooLargeException; /** * Computes the quantile function of this distribution. For a random variable {@code X} * distributed according to this distribution, the returned value is * * * * If the result exceeds the range of the data type {@code int}, then {@code Integer.MIN_VALUE} * or {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} is returned. * * @param p the cumulative probability * @return the smallest {@code p}-quantile of this distribution (largest 0-quantile for {@code p * = 0}) * @throws OutOfRangeException if {@code p < 0} or {@code p > 1} */ int inverseCumulativeProbability(double p) throws OutOfRangeException; /** * Use this method to get the numerical value of the mean of this distribution. * * @return the mean or {@code Double.NaN} if it is not defined */ double getNumericalMean(); /** * Use this method to get the numerical value of the variance of this distribution. * * @return the variance (possibly {@code Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY} or {@code Double.NaN} if it * is not defined) */ double getNumericalVariance(); /** * Access the lower bound of the support. This method must return the same value as {@code * inverseCumulativeProbability(0)}. In other words, this method must return * *

inf {x in Z | P(X <= x) > 0}. * * @return lower bound of the support ({@code Integer.MIN_VALUE} for negative infinity) */ int getSupportLowerBound(); /** * Access the upper bound of the support. This method must return the same value as {@code * inverseCumulativeProbability(1)}. In other words, this method must return * *

inf {x in R | P(X <= x) = 1}. * * @return upper bound of the support ({@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} for positive infinity) */ int getSupportUpperBound(); /** * Use this method to get information about whether the support is connected, i.e. whether all * integers between the lower and upper bound of the support are included in the support. * * @return whether the support is connected or not */ boolean isSupportConnected(); /** * Reseed the random generator used to generate samples. * * @param seed the new seed * @since 3.0 */ void reseedRandomGenerator(long seed); /** * Generate a random value sampled from this distribution. * * @return a random value * @since 3.0 */ int sample(); /** * Generate a random sample from the distribution. * * @param sampleSize the number of random values to generate * @return an array representing the random sample * @throws org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotStrictlyPositiveException if {@code sampleSize} * is not positive * @since 3.0 */ int[] sample(int sampleSize); }