Opus5
Class ExponentialRV

java.lang.Object
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  +--Opus5.ExponentialRV

All Implemented Interfaces:

RandomVariable

public class ExponentialRV

extends java.lang.Object

implements RandomVariable

Exponentially distributed random variable.

Version:

$Id: ExponentialRV.java,v 3.2 1998/07/28 02:09:16 brpreiss Exp $

Author:

Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng.

Field Summary

protected double

mu The mean of the distribution.

Fields inherited from interface Opus5.RandomVariable

copyright

Constructor Summary

ExponentialRV(double mu)
Constructs a ExponentialRV with the specified mean.

Method Summary

double

nextDouble() Returns a random number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mu

protected double mu

The mean of the distribution.

Constructor Detail

ExponentialRV

public ExponentialRV(double mu)

Constructs a ExponentialRV with the specified mean.

Parameters:

mu - The mean of the distribution.

Method Detail

nextDouble

public double nextDouble()

Returns a random number. The numbers returned are exponentially distributed with mean mu.

Specified by:

nextDouble in interface RandomVariable

Returns:

A random number.