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| |
| package org.apache.commons.math3.random; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface represent a normalized random generator for |
| * scalars. |
| * Normalized generator provide null mean and unit standard deviation scalars. |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| public interface NormalizedRandomGenerator { |
| |
| /** Generate a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation. |
| * <p>This method does <strong>not</strong> specify the shape of the |
| * distribution, it is the implementing class that provides it. The |
| * only contract here is to generate numbers with null mean and unit |
| * standard deviation.</p> |
| * @return a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation |
| */ |
| double nextNormalizedDouble(); |
| |
| } |