Package org.hipparchus.distribution.discrete

Class PoissonDistribution

    • Field Detail

      • DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS

        public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS
        Default maximum number of iterations for cumulative probability calculations.
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        Constant Field Values

      • DEFAULT_EPSILON

        public static final double DEFAULT_EPSILON
        Default convergence criterion.
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        Constant Field Values

    • Constructor Detail

      • PoissonDistribution

        public PoissonDistribution​(double p,
                           double epsilon,
                           int maxIterations)
                    throws MathIllegalArgumentException
        Creates a new Poisson distribution with specified mean, convergence criterion and maximum number of iterations.
        Parameters:
        p - Poisson mean.
        epsilon - Convergence criterion for cumulative probabilities.
        maxIterations - the maximum number of iterations for cumulative probabilities.
        Throws:
        MathIllegalArgumentException - if p <= 0.

      • PoissonDistribution

        public PoissonDistribution​(double p,
                           double epsilon)
                    throws MathIllegalArgumentException
        Creates a new Poisson distribution with the specified mean and convergence criterion.
        Parameters:
        p - Poisson mean.
        epsilon - Convergence criterion for cumulative probabilities.
        Throws:
        MathIllegalArgumentException - if p <= 0.

      • PoissonDistribution

        public PoissonDistribution​(double p,
                           int maxIterations)
        Creates a new Poisson distribution with the specified mean and maximum number of iterations.
        Parameters:
        p - Poisson mean.
        maxIterations - Maximum number of iterations for cumulative probabilities.

    • Method Detail

      • getMean

        public double getMean()
        Get the mean for the distribution.
        Returns:
        the mean for the distribution.

      • probability

        public double probability​(int x)
        For a random variable X whose values are distributed according to this distribution, this method returns P(X = x). In other words, this method represents the probability mass function (PMF) for the distribution.
        Parameters:
        x - the point at which the PMF is evaluated
        Returns:
        the value of the probability mass function at x

      • logProbability

        public double logProbability​(int x)
        For a random variable X whose values are distributed according to this distribution, this method returns log(P(X = x)), where log is the natural logarithm. In other words, this method represents the logarithm of the probability mass function (PMF) for the distribution. Note that due to the floating point precision and under/overflow issues, this method will for some distributions be more precise and faster than computing the logarithm of IntegerDistribution.probability(int).

        The default implementation simply computes the logarithm of probability(x).

        Specified by:
        logProbability in interface IntegerDistribution
        Overrides:
        logProbability in class AbstractIntegerDistribution
        Parameters:
        x - the point at which the PMF is evaluated
        Returns:
        the logarithm of the value of the probability mass function at x

      • cumulativeProbability

        public double cumulativeProbability​(int x)
        For a random variable X whose values are distributed according to this distribution, this method returns P(X <= x). In other words, this method represents the (cumulative) distribution function (CDF) for this distribution.
        Parameters:
        x - the point at which the CDF is evaluated
        Returns:
        the probability that a random variable with this distribution takes a value less than or equal to x

      • normalApproximateProbability

        public double normalApproximateProbability​(int x)
        Calculates the Poisson distribution function using a normal approximation. The N(mean, sqrt(mean)) distribution is used to approximate the Poisson distribution. The computation uses "half-correction" (evaluating the normal distribution function at x + 0.5).
        Parameters:
        x - Upper bound, inclusive.
        Returns:
        the distribution function value calculated using a normal approximation.

      • getNumericalMean

        public double getNumericalMean()
        Use this method to get the numerical value of the mean of this distribution. For mean parameter p, the mean is p.
        Returns:
        the mean or Double.NaN if it is not defined

      • getNumericalVariance

        public double getNumericalVariance()
        Use this method to get the numerical value of the variance of this distribution. For mean parameter p, the variance is p.
        Returns:
        the variance (possibly Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY or Double.NaN if it is not defined)

      • getSupportLowerBound

        public int getSupportLowerBound()
        Access the lower bound of the support. This method must return the same value as inverseCumulativeProbability(0). In other words, this method must return

        inf {x in Z | P(X <= x) > 0}.

        The lower bound of the support is always 0 no matter the mean parameter.
        Returns:
        lower bound of the support (always 0)

      • getSupportUpperBound

        public int getSupportUpperBound()
        Access the upper bound of the support. This method must return the same value as inverseCumulativeProbability(1). In other words, this method must return

        inf {x in R | P(X <= x) = 1}.

        The upper bound of the support is positive infinity, regardless of the parameter values. There is no integer infinity, so this method returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.
        Returns:
        upper bound of the support (always Integer.MAX_VALUE for positive infinity)

      • isSupportConnected

        public boolean isSupportConnected()
        Use this method to get information about whether the support is connected, i.e. whether all integers between the lower and upper bound of the support are included in the support. The support of this distribution is connected.
        Returns:
        true