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GeometricDistribution Class

Provides generation of geometric distributed random numbers. This is variant A, which denotes the probability that with a number of n trials one has the first success (so the lowest value is 1).
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  Altaxo.Calc.ProbabilityDistribution
    Altaxo.Calc.ProbabilityDiscreteDistribution
      Altaxo.Calc.ProbabilityGeometricDistribution

Namespace: Altaxo.Calc.Probability
Assembly: AltaxoCore (in AltaxoCore.dll) Version: 4.8.3179.0 (4.8.3179.0)
Syntax
C#
public class GeometricDistribution : DiscreteDistribution

The GeometricDistribution type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Public methodGeometricDistribution Initializes a new instance of the GeometricDistribution class, using a StandardGenerator as underlying random number generator.
Public methodGeometricDistribution(Double)Initializes a new instance of the GeometricDistribution class
Public methodGeometricDistribution(Generator) Initializes a new instance of the GeometricDistribution class, using the specified Generator as underlying random number generator.
Public methodGeometricDistribution(Double, Generator)Initializes a new instance of the GeometricDistribution class
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Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyCanReset Gets a value indicating whether the random number distribution can be reset, so that it produces the same random number sequence again.
(Inherited from Distribution)
Public propertyGenerator Gets or sets a Generator object that can be used as underlying random number generator.
(Inherited from Distribution)
Public propertyMaximum Gets the maximum possible value of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionMaximum)
Public propertyMean Gets the mean value of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionMean)
Public propertyMedian Gets the median of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionMedian)
Public propertyMinimum Gets the minimum possible value of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionMinimum)
Public propertyMode Gets the mode of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionMode)
Public propertyProbability Gets or sets the parameter alpha which is used for generation of geometric distributed random numbers.
Public propertyVariance Gets the variance of geometric distributed random numbers.
(Overrides DistributionVariance)
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodCDF(Double)
(Overrides DiscreteDistributionCDF(Double))
Public methodStatic memberCDF(Double, Double) 
Public methodEqualsDetermines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodInitialize 
Public methodIsValidProbability Determines whether the specified value is valid for parameter Probability.
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodNext Returns a geometric distributed random number.
Public methodNextDouble Returns a geometric distributed floating point random number.
(Overrides DistributionNextDouble)
Public methodPDF(Double)
(Overrides DiscreteDistributionPDF(Double))
Public methodStatic memberPDF(Double, Double) 
Public methodQuantile
(Inherited from DiscreteDistribution)
Public methodReset Resets the random number distribution, so that it produces the same random number sequence again.
(Inherited from Distribution)
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
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Fields
 NameDescription
Protected fieldgenerator Stores a Generator object that can be used as underlying random number generator.
(Inherited from Distribution)
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Remarks
The geometric distribution generates only discrete numbers.
The implementation of the GeometricDistribution type bases upon information presented on Wikipedia - Geometric distribution and the implementation in the Communication Networks Class Library.
Please note that the geometric distribution provided by Mathematica 5.1 is variant_B: the probability that n failed trials occur before first success (so the lowest value is 0 there).
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