swarm.analysis
Interface EZDistribution

All Known Implementing Classes:

EZDistributionImpl

public interface EZDistribution

extends EZBin, EZBinS

An EZBin that treats data as a distribution.. This is a subclass of EZBin which normalizes the data and treats it as a distribution. This means that in addition to the statistics it can calculate by virtue of being a subclass of EZBin, it can also calculate the entropy of the distribution as well as return the probabilities associated with the individual bins.

Method Summary

double	getEntropy() The getEntropy method returns the entropy of the distribution as calculated in the previous call to update.
void	output() The output method causes the graphical display to be updated with the information extracted by the previous call to update.
void	update() The update method polls the bins and updates the entropy of the distribution as well as the probabilities associated with the individual bins.

Methods inherited from interface swarm.analysis.EZBin

getAverage, getBinColorCount, getBinCount, getCount, getFileName, getHistogram, getLowerBound, getMax, getMin, getOutliers, getStdDev, getTitle, getUpperBound, outputGraph, outputToFile, reset, setPrecision

Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.SwarmObject

getCompleteProbeMap, getProbeForMessage, getProbeForVariable, getProbeMap

Methods inherited from interface swarm.simtoolsgui.GUIComposite

disableDestroyNotification, enableDestroyNotification$notificationMethod

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.Drop

drop

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject

compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.GetName

getName

Method Detail

update

public void update()

The update method polls the bins and updates the entropy of the distribution as well as the probabilities associated with the individual bins.

Specified by:

update in interface EZBin

output

public void output()

The output method causes the graphical display to be updated with the information extracted by the previous call to update. When file I/O is enabled (the state of setFileOutput is set to 1), the probability associated with each bin is sent to the output file. When the graphical display is enabled (the state of setGraphics is set to 1), the histogram will be drawn.

Specified by:

output in interface EZBin

getEntropy

public double getEntropy()

The getEntropy method returns the entropy of the distribution as calculated in the previous call to update.