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package com.rapidminer.tools.math.smoothing;
/**
* This class implements the gaussian smoothing kernel. On distance 0, the weight is normalized to
* 1, and on distance 1 it is nearly 0. But this kernel will never vanish completely.
*
* @author Sebastian Land
*
*/
public class GaussianSmoothingKernel extends SmoothingKernel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -702562270260024025L;
@Override
public double getWeight(double distance) {
double toQuad = 2.5d * distance;
return Math.exp(-(toQuad * toQuad) / 2);
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Gaussian Smoothing Kernel";
}
}