Class Geometric

java.lang.Object

eduni.distributions.Generator

eduni.distributions.Geometric

All Implemented Interfaces:

DiscreteGenerator, Seedable

public class Geometric
extends Generator
implements DiscreteGenerator

A random number generator based on the geometric distribution. automatically generated by the MetaGenerator

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class eduni.distributions.Generator

distrib

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Geometric(double prob)	the seed is aumatically provided by the SeedGenerator
Geometric(double prob, long seed)	The constructor with which a specific seed is set for the random number generator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	sample()	Generate a new random number.

Methods inherited from class eduni.distributions.Generator

getSeed, reseed, setSeed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface eduni.distributions.Seedable

getSeed, reseed, setSeed

Constructor Details

Geometric

public Geometric(double prob)

the seed is aumatically provided by the SeedGenerator

Geometric

public Geometric(double prob,
 long seed)

The constructor with which a specific seed is set for the random number generator

Parameters:

seed - The initial seed for the generator, two instances with the same seed will generate the same sequence of numbers

Method Details

sample

public long sample()

Generate a new random number.

Specified by:

sample in interface DiscreteGenerator

Returns:

The next random number in the sequence