Commons Math example source code file (UnivariateStatistic.java)

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The Commons Math UnivariateStatistic.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive;


/**
 * Base interface implemented by all statistics.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 13:36:48 -0400 (Sat, 05 Sep 2009) $
 */
public interface UnivariateStatistic {

    /**
     * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the input array.
     *
     * @param values input array
     * @return the value of the statistic applied to the input array
     */
    double evaluate(double[] values);

    /**
     * Returns the result of evaluating the statistic over the specified entries
     * in the input array.
     *
     * @param values the input array
     * @param begin the index of the first element to include
     * @param length the number of elements to include
     * @return the value of the statistic applied to the included array entries
     */
    double evaluate(double[] values, int begin, int length);

    /**
     * Returns a copy of the statistic with the same internal state.
     *
     * @return a copy of the statistic
     */
    UnivariateStatistic copy();

}