jidt/java/source/infodynamics/utils/MeasurementDistribution.java

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/*
* Java Information Dynamics Toolkit (JIDT)
* Copyright (C) 2012, Joseph T. Lizier
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package infodynamics.utils;
/**
* <p>Structure to hold a distribution of info-theoretic measurements,
* and a significance value for how an original measurement compared
* with these.</p>
*
* <p>While in theory this class could be directly used, it is it's
* children which are intended to be used.</p>
*
* @author Joseph Lizier (<a href="joseph.lizier at gmail.com">email</a>,
* <a href="http://lizier.me/joseph/">www</a>)
*/
public class MeasurementDistribution {
/**
* Actual observed value of the measurement
*/
public double actualValue;
/**
* Probability that surrogate measurement is greater than
* the observed value.
* (Small pValue means that the observed value is highly significant).
*/
public double pValue;
/**
* Allow empty constructor for internal use only when actualValue and
* pValue will be supplied later
*/
protected MeasurementDistribution() {
}
/**
* Construct with supplied actual value and p-value for it.
*
* @param actualValue actual observed value
* @param pValue p-value that the surrogate measurement is larger
* than the observed value
*/
public MeasurementDistribution(double actualValue, double pValue) {
this.actualValue = actualValue;
this.pValue = pValue;
}
}