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package com.rapidminer.tools.math.distribution;

import com.rapidminer.tools.Tools;


/**
 * This class represents a gaussian normal distribution.
 * 
 * @author Tobias Malbrecht
 * @version $Id: NormalDistribution.java,v 1.1 2008/06/03 14:17:47 tobiasmalbrecht Exp $
 */
public class NormalDistribution extends ContinuousDistribution {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -1819042904676198636L;

	private static final double BOUND_FACTOR = 5;
	
	private double mean;

	private double standardDeviation;
	
 	public NormalDistribution(double mean, double standardDeviation) {
		this.mean = mean;
		this.standardDeviation = standardDeviation;
	}

 	public String getAttributeName() {
 		return null;
 	}
 	
	public static double getProbability(double mean, double standardDeviation, double value) {
		return Math.exp(-0.5 * (Math.pow((value - mean) / standardDeviation, 2))) / (standardDeviation * Math.sqrt(2 * Math.PI));
	}

	public static final double getLowerBound(double mean, double standardDeviation) {
		return mean - BOUND_FACTOR * standardDeviation;
	}

	public static final double getUpperBound(double mean, double standardDeviation) {
		return mean + BOUND_FACTOR * standardDeviation;
	}
	
	public double getProbability(double value) {
		return getProbability(mean, standardDeviation, value);
	}

	public double getMean() {
		return mean;
	}
	
	public double getStandardDeviation() {
		return standardDeviation;
	}
	
	public double getVariance() {
		return Math.pow(standardDeviation, 2);
	}
	
	public double getLowerBound() {
		return getLowerBound(mean, standardDeviation);
	}

	public double getUpperBound() {
		return getUpperBound(mean, standardDeviation);
	}
	
	public String toString() {
		return ("Normal distribution --> mean: " + Tools.formatNumber(mean) + ", standard deviation: " + Tools.formatNumber(standardDeviation));
	}
}