Package org.opentrafficsim.core.math

Class Draw

java.lang.Object

org.opentrafficsim.core.math.Draw

public final class Draw
extends Object

Utility to draw from a collection.

Copyright (c) 2013-2023 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
BSD-style license. See OpenTrafficSim License.

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers, Wouter Schakel

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <E> E	draw(Collection<E> collection, StreamInterface stream)	Returns a randomly drawn element using uniform weights.
static <E> E	drawWeighted(Map<E,? extends Double> map, StreamInterface stream)	Returns a randomly drawn element using draw weights.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

drawWeighted

public static <E> E drawWeighted(Map<E,? extends Double> map,
 StreamInterface stream)

Returns a randomly drawn element using draw weights.

Type Parameters:

E - element type

Parameters:

map - Map<E, ? extends Double>; map of elements and respective weights

stream - StreamInterface; random number stream

Returns:

E; randomly drawn element

draw

public static <E> E draw(Collection<E> collection,
 StreamInterface stream)

Returns a randomly drawn element using uniform weights.

Type Parameters:

E - element type

Parameters:

collection - Collection<E>; collection of elements

stream - StreamInterface; random number stream

Returns:

E; randomly drawn element