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Class AbstractDistribution</H2>
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<DT>public abstract class <B>AbstractDistribution</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../cern/colt/PersistentObject.html" title="class in cern.colt">PersistentObject</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../cern/colt/function/DoubleFunction.html" title="interface in cern.colt.function">DoubleFunction</A>, <A HREF="../../../cern/colt/function/IntFunction.html" title="interface in cern.colt.function">IntFunction</A></DL>

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Abstract base class for all random distributions.

 A subclass of this class need to override method <tt>nextDouble()</tt> and, in rare cases, also <tt>nextInt()</tt>.
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 Currently all subclasses use a uniform pseudo-random number generation engine and transform its results to the target distribution.
 Thus, they expect such a uniform engine upon instance construction.
 <p>
 <A HREF="../../../cern/jet/random/engine/MersenneTwister.html" title="class in cern.jet.random.engine"><CODE>MersenneTwister</CODE></A> is recommended as uniform pseudo-random number generation engine, since it is very strong and at the same time quick.
 <A HREF="../../../cern/jet/random/AbstractDistribution.html#makeDefaultGenerator()"><CODE>makeDefaultGenerator()</CODE></A> will conveniently construct and return such a magic thing.
 You can also, for example, use <A HREF="../../../cern/jet/random/engine/DRand.html" title="class in cern.jet.random.engine"><CODE>DRand</CODE></A>, a quicker (but much weaker) uniform random number generation engine.
 Of course, you can also use other strong uniform random number generation engines. 

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 <b>Ressources on the Web:</b>
 <dt>Check the Web version of the <A HREF="http://www.cern.ch/RD11/rkb/AN16pp/node1.html"> CERN Data Analysis Briefbook </A>. This will clarify the definitions of most distributions.
 <dt>Also consult the <A HREF="http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html"> StatSoft Electronic Textbook</A> - the definite web book.
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 <b>Other useful ressources:</b>
 <dt><A HREF="http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary/probability_distributions.html"> Another site </A> and <A HREF="http://www.statlets.com/usermanual/glossary.htm"> yet another site </A>describing the definitions of several distributions.
 <dt>You may want to check out a <A HREF="http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/users/stark/SticiGui/Text/gloss.htm"> Glossary of Statistical Terms</A>.
 <dt>The GNU Scientific Library contains an extensive (but hardly readable) <A HREF="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gsl/html/gsl-ref_toc.html#TOC26"> list of definition of distributions</A>.
 <dt>Use this Web interface to <A HREF="http://www.stat.ucla.edu/calculators/cdf"> plot all sort of distributions</A>.
 <dt>Even more ressources: <A HREF="http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm"> Internet glossary of Statistical Terms</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/hyperstat/index.html"> a text book</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.stat.umn.edu/~jkuhn/courses/stat3091f/stat3091f.html"> another text book</A>.
 <dt>Finally, a good link list <A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html"> Statistics on the Web</A>.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Constructs and returns a new uniform random number generation engine seeded with the current time.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a random number from the distribution.</TD>
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public double <B>apply</B>(double&nbsp;dummy)</PRE>
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<DD>Equivalent to <tt>nextDouble()</tt>.
This has the effect that distributions can now be used as function objects, returning a random number upon function evaluation.
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<DD>Equivalent to <tt>nextInt()</tt>.
This has the effect that distributions can now be used as function objects, returning a random number upon function evaluation.
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<DD>Returns a deep copy of the receiver; the copy will produce identical sequences.
 After this call has returned, the copy and the receiver have equal but separate state.
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makeDefaultGenerator</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../cern/jet/random/engine/RandomEngine.html" title="class in cern.jet.random.engine">RandomEngine</A> <B>makeDefaultGenerator</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Constructs and returns a new uniform random number generation engine seeded with the current time.
 Currently this is <A HREF="../../../cern/jet/random/engine/MersenneTwister.html" title="class in cern.jet.random.engine"><CODE>MersenneTwister</CODE></A>.
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nextDouble</H3>
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public abstract double <B>nextDouble</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a random number from the distribution.
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nextInt</H3>
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public int <B>nextInt</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a random number from the distribution; returns <tt>(int) Math.round(nextDouble())</tt>.
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