Psi++: UniformPrior Class Reference

Uniform prior on an interval. More...

#include <prior.h>

Inheritance diagram for UniformPrior:

Public Member Functions
	UniformPrior (double low, double high)
	Set up a UniformPrior on the interval from low to high.
	UniformPrior (const UniformPrior &original)
	copy constructor
double	pdf (double x) const
	evaluate the pdf of the prior at position x
double	dpdf (double x)
	derivative of the pdf of the prior at position x (jumps at lower and upper are replaced by large numbers)
double	rand (void)
	draw a random number
PsiPrior *	clone (void) const
	clone by value
double	mean (void) const
	return the mean
double	std (void) const
	return the standard deviation
void	shrink (double xmin, double xmax)
	shrink the prior if it is broader than the range between xmin and xmax
int	get_code (void) const
	return the typcode of this prior
double	cdf (double x) const
	return the typcode of this prior
double	getprm (unsigned int prm) const
double	ppf (double p, double start=NULL) const

Detailed Description

Uniform prior on an interval.

This prior defines a uniform distribution on an interval. It's pdf is thus $u-l$ if $x\in(l,u)$ and 0 otherwise.

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