distribution.ox

Provides the Distribution class, representing an abstract probability distribution

Author:: Y. Zwols

Distribution

Abstract class that represents a probability distribution. Classes derived from the base class Distribution offer functionality like generating samples. Also, a Distribution has a dimension.

See also:: NormalDistribution, DegenerateDistribution

Methods
Dim	Gives the dimension of the distribution
Generate	Generates a random sample from the distribution
isDistribution	Checks whether a certain object is a distribution.

Distribution details

Dim

Distribution :: Dim ( )

Gives the dimension

of the distribution

Generate

Distribution :: Generate ( const cT )

Generates a random sample from the distribution

Parameters:

cT	The demanded number of samples

isDistribution

Distribution :: isDistribution ( oObject )

Checks whether a certain object is a distribution.

Parameters:

oObject

The object to examine

Returns:

TRUE or FALSE