Module org.gsusers.gsmv

Package org.gsusers.gsmv.utilities

Class Normal

java.lang.Object

org.gsusers.gsmv.utilities.Normal

public class Normal
extends Object

Utility attempts to generate set of iDim Double values with a variance of dVariance and a mean of 0.0. It achieves these goals asymptotically, as iDim goes towards infinity

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Normal(int _L, Double _dVar)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static double	generateGaussian(double mean, double stdDev)	Marsaglia polar method Marsaglia, G.; Bray, T.
Double[]	getDistribution()	Getter of distribution

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Normal

public Normal(int _L,
 Double _dVar)

Constructor

Parameters:

_L - desired number of values

_dVar - target variance

Method Details

getDistribution

public Double[] getDistribution()

Getter of distribution

Returns:

array of iDim pseudo-random Double values

generateGaussian

public static double generateGaussian(double mean,
 double stdDev)

Marsaglia polar method Marsaglia, G.; Bray, T. A. (1964). "A Convenient Method for generating Normal Variables". SIAM Review. 6 (3): 260–264

Parameters:

mean - required mean value

stdDev - standard deviation parameter

Returns:

Double random value