/* Copyright 2009-2015 David Hadka
*
* This file is part of the MOEA Framework.
*
* The MOEA Framework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
* option) any later version.
*
* The MOEA Framework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
* License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with the MOEA Framework. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.moeaframework.util.sequence;
/**
* Interface for generating a sequence of real numbers. The nature of the
* sequence is specific to the implementation; generated sequences may be
* deterministic or stochastic, uniform or non-uniform, etc. Refer to the
* implementing class' documentation for details.
*/
public interface Sequence {
/**
* Returns a {@code N x D} matrix of real numbers in the range {@code [0,
* 1]}.
*
* @param N the number of sample points
* @param D the dimension of each sample point
* @return a {@code N x D} matrix of real numbers in the range {@code [0,
* 1]}
*/
public double[][] generate(int N, int D);
}