/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.math.distribution; /** * Base interface for discrete distributions. * * @version $Revision: 480440 $ $Date: 2006-11-29 00:14:12 -0700 (Wed, 29 Nov 2006) $ */ public interface DiscreteDistribution extends Distribution { /** * For a random variable X whose values are distributed according * to this distribution, this method returns P(X = x). In other words, this * method represents the probability mass function, or PMF for the distribution. * * @param x the value at which the probability mass function is evaluated. * @return the value of the probability mass function at x */ double probability(double x); }