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umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen Class Reference

This class implements methods for generating random variates from the half-normal distribution with parameters \(\mu\) and \(\sigma> 0\). More...

Inheritance diagram for umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen:
umontreal.ssj.randvar.RandomVariateGen

Public Member Functions

 HalfNormalGen (RandomStream s, double mu, double sigma)
 Creates a new half-normal generator with parameters \(\mu=\) mu and \(\sigma=\) sigma, using stream s.
 HalfNormalGen (RandomStream s, HalfNormalDist dist)
 Creates a new generator for the distribution dist, using stream s.
double getMu ()
 Returns the parameter \(\mu\) of this object.
double getSigma ()
 Returns the parameter \(\sigma\) of this object.
Public Member Functions inherited from umontreal.ssj.randvar.RandomVariateGen
 RandomVariateGen (RandomStream s, Distribution dist)
 Creates a new random variate generator from the distribution dist, using stream s.
double nextDouble ()
 Generates a random number from the continuous distribution contained in this object.
void nextArrayOfDouble (double[] v, int start, int n)
 Generates n random numbers from the continuous distribution contained in this object.
double[] nextArrayOfDouble (int n)
 Generates n random numbers from the continuous distribution contained in this object, and returns them in a new array of size n.
RandomStream getStream ()
 Returns the umontreal.ssj.rng.RandomStream used by this generator.
void setStream (RandomStream stream)
 Sets the umontreal.ssj.rng.RandomStream used by this generator to stream.
Distribution getDistribution ()
 Returns the umontreal.ssj.probdist.Distribution used by this generator.
String toString ()
 Returns a String containing information about the current generator.

Static Public Member Functions

static double nextDouble (RandomStream s, double mu, double sigma)
 Generates a variate from the half-normal distribution with parameters \(\mu= \) mu and \(\sigma= \) sigma, using stream s.

Detailed Description

This class implements methods for generating random variates from the half-normal distribution with parameters \(\mu\) and \(\sigma> 0\).

Its density is

\begin{align*} f(x) & = \frac{1}{\sigma}\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\; e^{-(x-\mu)^2/2\sigma^2}, \qquad\mbox{for } x \ge\mu. \\ f(x) & = 0, \qquad\mbox{for } x < \mu. \end{align*}

Definition at line 42 of file HalfNormalGen.java.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ HalfNormalGen() [1/2]

umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen.HalfNormalGen ( RandomStream s,
double mu,
double sigma )

Creates a new half-normal generator with parameters \(\mu=\) mu and \(\sigma=\) sigma, using stream s.

Definition at line 52 of file HalfNormalGen.java.

◆ HalfNormalGen() [2/2]

umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen.HalfNormalGen ( RandomStream s,
HalfNormalDist dist )

Creates a new generator for the distribution dist, using stream s.

Definition at line 60 of file HalfNormalGen.java.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getMu()

double umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen.getMu ( )

Returns the parameter \(\mu\) of this object.

Returns
the parameter mu

Definition at line 85 of file HalfNormalGen.java.

◆ getSigma()

double umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen.getSigma ( )

Returns the parameter \(\sigma\) of this object.

Returns
the parameter mu

Definition at line 94 of file HalfNormalGen.java.

◆ nextDouble()

double umontreal.ssj.randvar.HalfNormalGen.nextDouble ( RandomStream s,
double mu,
double sigma )
static

Generates a variate from the half-normal distribution with parameters \(\mu= \) mu and \(\sigma= \) sigma, using stream s.

Parameters
sthe random stream
muthe parameter mu
sigmathe parameter sigma
Returns
Generates a variate from the HalfNormal distribution

Definition at line 76 of file HalfNormalGen.java.


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