DistributionBasedRandomNumberGenerator (adams-pom 24.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of random number to return

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, OptionHandler, Randomizable, RandomNumberGenerator<T>, SeededRandomNumberGenerator<T>, ShallowCopySupporter<RandomNumberGenerator>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDistributionBasedRandomNumberGenerator
```
public interface DistributionBasedRandomNumberGenerator<T extends Number>
extends SeededRandomNumberGenerator<T>
```
Interface for distribution-based random number generators.

Version:

$Revision: 7171 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`getMean()`	Returns the mean to use.
`double`	`getStdev()`	Returns the stdev to use.
`String`	`meanTipText()`	Returns the tip text for this property.
`void`	`setMean(double value)`	Sets the mean to use.
`void`	`setStdev(double value)`	Sets the stdev to use.
`String`	`stdevTipText()`	Returns the tip text for this property.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable
destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler
cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.random.RandomNumberGenerator
next, reset

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.random.SeededRandomNumberGenerator
getSeed, seedTipText, setSeed

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.ShallowCopySupporter
shallowCopy, shallowCopy

- Method Detail
  - setMean
```
void setMean(double value)
```
    Sets the mean to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the mean
  - getMean
```
double getMean()
```
    Returns the mean to use.
    
    Returns:
    
    the mean
  - meanTipText
```
String meanTipText()
```
    Returns the tip text for this property.
    
    Returns:
    
    tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the GUI or for listing the options.
  - setStdev
```
void setStdev(double value)
```
    Sets the stdev to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the stdev
  - getStdev
```
double getStdev()
```
    Returns the stdev to use.
    
    Returns:
    
    the stdev
  - stdevTipText
```
String stdevTipText()
```
    Returns the tip text for this property.
    
    Returns:
    
    tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the GUI or for listing the options.