LikelihoodFunction.java

package gdsc.smlm.function;

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/**
 * Provides functions to compute the likelihood for a distribution.
 */
public interface LikelihoodFunction
{
	/**
	 * Compute the likelihood of an observation given an expected value
	 * 
	 * @param o
	 *            The observed count
	 * @param e
	 *            The expected count
	 * @return The likelihood
	 */
	public double likelihood(final double o, final double e);
}