Commons Math example source code file (ZipfDistribution.java)

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The Commons Math ZipfDistribution.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.math.distribution;

/**
 * The Zipf (or zeta) Distribution.
 * <p>
 * References:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Zipf
 * Distribution</a>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 920852 $ $Date: 2010-03-09 07:53:44 -0500 (Tue, 09 Mar 2010) $
 */
public interface ZipfDistribution extends IntegerDistribution {

    /**
     * Get the number of elements (e.g. corpus size) for the distribution.
     *
     * @return the number of elements
     */
    int getNumberOfElements();

    /**
     * Set the number of elements (e.g. corpus size) for the distribution.
     * The parameter value must be positive; otherwise an
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
     *
     * @param n the number of elements
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if n ≤ 0
     * @deprecated as of v2.1
     */
    @Deprecated
    void setNumberOfElements(int n);

    /**
     * Get the exponent characterising the distribution.
     *
     * @return the exponent
     */
    double getExponent();

    /**
     * Set the exponent characterising the distribution.
     * The parameter value must be positive; otherwise an
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
     *
     * @param s the exponent
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if s ≤ 0.0
     * @deprecated as of v2.1
     */
    @Deprecated
    void setExponent(double s);
}