edu.uah.math.distributions

Class BernoulliDistribution

java.lang.Object

edu.uah.math.distributions.Distribution

edu.uah.math.distributions.BinomialDistribution

edu.uah.math.distributions.BernoulliDistribution

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class BernoulliDistribution
extends BinomialDistribution
implements java.io.Serializable

This class models the Bernoulli distribution with a specified parameter. This is the distribution of an indicator random variable (taking values 0 and 1).

Version:

June 2002

Author:

Kyle Siegrist, Dawn Duehring

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.uah.math.distributions.Distribution

CONTINUOUS, DISCRETE, MIXED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BernoulliDistribution() This default constructor creates a new Bernoulli distribution with parameter p = 0.5.
BernoulliDistribution(double p) This general constructor creates a new Bernoulli distribution with a specified parameter.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getMaxDensity() This method returns the maximum value of the probability density function.
void	setTrials(int n) This method sets the number of trials, which is always 1.
java.lang.String	toString() This method returns a string that gives the name of the distribution and the values of the parameters.

Methods inherited from class edu.uah.math.distributions.BinomialDistribution

getCDF, getDensity, getFactorialMoment, getMean, getMGF, getPGF, getProbability, getTrials, getVariance, setParameters, setProbability, simulate

Methods inherited from class edu.uah.math.distributions.Distribution

getDomain, getFailureRate, getMedian, getMoment, getMoment, getQuantile, getSD, getType, setDomain, setDomain

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BernoulliDistribution

public BernoulliDistribution(double p)

This general constructor creates a new Bernoulli distribution with a specified parameter.

Parameters:

p - the probaiblity of 1

BernoulliDistribution

public BernoulliDistribution()

This default constructor creates a new Bernoulli distribution with parameter p = 0.5.

Method Detail

getMaxDensity

public double getMaxDensity()

This method returns the maximum value of the probability density function.

Overrides:

getMaxDensity in class BinomialDistribution

Returns:

the maximum value of the probability density function

setTrials

public void setTrials(int n)

This method sets the number of trials, which is always 1.

Overrides:

setTrials in class BinomialDistribution

Parameters:

n - the number of trials.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This method returns a string that gives the name of the distribution and the values of the parameters.

Overrides:

toString in class BinomialDistribution

Returns:

a string giving the name of the distribution and the values of the parameters