Opus5
Class UniformRV

java.lang.Object
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  +--Opus5.UniformRV

All Implemented Interfaces:

RandomVariable

public class UniformRV

extends java.lang.Object

implements RandomVariable

A random variable uniformly distributed on a specified interval, (u,v).

Version:

$Id: UniformRV.java,v 3.3 1998/07/28 12:31:09 brpreiss Exp $

Author:

Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng.

Field Summary

protected double	u The lower bound of the distribution.
protected double	v The upper bound of the distribution.

Fields inherited from interface Opus5.RandomVariable

copyright

Constructor Summary

UniformRV(double u, double v)
Constructs a UniformRV with the specified bounds.

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

u

protected double u

The lower bound of the distribution.

v

protected double v

The upper bound of the distribution.

Constructor Detail

UniformRV

public UniformRV(double u,
                 double v)

Constructs a UniformRV with the specified bounds.

Parameters:

u - The lower bound.

Method Detail

nextDouble

public double nextDouble()

Returns a random number. The numbers returned are uniformly distributed on the interval (u,v).

Specified by:

nextDouble in interface RandomVariable

Returns:

A random number.