probabilistic
Class UniformChoice

java.lang.Object
  probabilistic.UniformChoice

public class UniformChoice
extends Object

The class UniformChoice contains the static method make. This method, given a positive integer n, returns an integer i, where 0 ≤ i < n, with equal probability.

Author:

Xin Zhang, Franck van Breugel

See Also:

Choice

Method Summary

static int

make(int n) Returns an integer in the interval [0, n-1], each with probability 1/n.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

make

public static int make(int n)

Returns an integer in the interval [0, n-1], each with probability 1/n.

Parameters:

n - number of alternatives.

Precondition:

n ≥ 1

Returns:

an integer in the interval [0, n-1], each with probability 1/n.