/*
Copyright (C) 2001 Kyle Siegrist, Dawn Duehring
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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*/
package distributions;
/**This class defines the standard exponential distribution with rate parameter r*/
public class ExponentialDistribution extends GammaDistribution{
//Parameter
double rate;
/**This general constructor creates a new exponential distribution with a
specified rate*/
public ExponentialDistribution(double r){
setRate(r);
}
/**This default constructor creates a new exponential distribution with rate 1*/
public ExponentialDistribution(){
this(1);
}
/**This method sets the rate parameter*/
public void setRate(double r){
if (r <= 0) r = 1;
rate = r;
super.setParameters(1, 1 / rate);
}
/**This method gets the rate*/
public double getRate(){
return rate;
}
/**This method defines the getDensity function*/
public double getDensity(double x){
if (x < 0) return 0;
else return rate * Math.exp(-rate * x);
}
/**This method defines the cumulative distribution function*/
public double getCDF(double x){
return 1 - Math.exp(- rate * x);
}
/**The method defines the getQuantile function*/
public double getQuantile(double p){
return -Math.log(1 - p) / rate;
}
}