psimjava
Class Normalp

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Random
      psimjava.Normalp

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, RandomGenerator

public class Normalp
extends java.util.Random
implements RandomGenerator

Normal Distribution random number generator

PsimJ Java package for OO simulation

Object-oriented simulation package, process interaction approach.

(C) J. M. Garrido. June 2000, 2003, 2004

Random number generator, Normal distribution

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Normalp(double rmean, double rstd)
Constructor using values of type double

Normalp(double rmean, double rstd, int seed)
Constructor using values of type double

Normalp(long mean, long stdev)
Constructor for random number generator object - Normal dist

Normalp(long mean, long stdev, int seed)
Constructor for random number generator object - Normal dist

Method Summary

long	draw() This function generates a random number of type 'long' from the Normal distribution set up by the constructor
double	fdraw() This function generates a random number from Normal distribution set up by the constructor

Methods inherited from class java.util.Random

next, nextBoolean, nextBytes, nextDouble, nextFloat, nextGaussian, nextInt, nextInt, nextLong, setSeed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Normalp

public Normalp(long mean,
               long stdev,
               int seed)

Constructor for random number generator object - Normal dist

Parameters:

mean - long the mean value for the distribution

stdev - long the value of the standard deviation

seed - int the value to set the random stream.

Normalp

public Normalp(long mean,
               long stdev)

Constructor for random number generator object - Normal dist

Parameters:

mean - long the mean value for the distribution

stdev - long the value of the standard deviation

Normalp

public Normalp(double rmean,
               double rstd,
               int seed)

Constructor using values of type double

Parameters:

rmean - double - Mean of the distribution

rstd - double - Standard Deviation of the distribution

seed - int - seed for the distribution

Normalp

public Normalp(double rmean,
               double rstd)

Constructor using values of type double

Parameters:

rmean - double - Mean of the distribution

rstd - double - Standard Deviation of the distribution

Method Detail

draw

public long draw()

This function generates a random number of type 'long' from the Normal distribution set up by the constructor

Specified by:

draw in interface RandomGenerator

Returns:

long, a random number.

fdraw

public double fdraw()

This function generates a random number from Normal distribution set up by the constructor

Returns:

double, a pseudo-random number.