umontreal.iro.lecuyer.functions

Interface MathFunctionWithIntegral

All Superinterfaces:

MathFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

AverageMathFunction, BSpline, IdentityMathFunction, LeastSquares, PolInterp, Polynomial, ShiftedMathFunction, SmoothingCubicSpline

public interface MathFunctionWithIntegral
extends MathFunction

Represents a mathematical function whose integral can be computed by the integral method.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	integral(double a, double b) Computes (or estimates) the integral of the function over the interval [a, b].

Methods inherited from interface umontreal.iro.lecuyer.functions.MathFunction

evaluate

Method Detail

integral

double integral(double a,
              double b)

Computes (or estimates) the integral of the function over the interval [a, b].

Parameters:

a - the starting point of the interval.

b - the ending point of the interval.

Returns:

the value of the integral.