src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.moment;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;

/**
 * Computes the first moment (arithmetic mean).  Uses the definitional formula:
 * <p>
 * mean = sum(x_i) / n </p>
 * <p>
 * where <code>n</code> is the number of observations. </p>
 * <p>
 * To limit numeric errors, the value of the statistic is computed using the
 * following recursive updating algorithm: </p>
 * <p>
 * <ol>
 * <li>Initialize <code>m = </code> the first value</li>
 * <li>For each additional value, update using <br>
 *   <code>m = m + (new value - m) / (number of observations)</code></li>
 * </ol></p>
 * <p>
 *  Returns <code>Double.NaN</code> if the dataset is empty.</p>
 * <p>
 * <strong>Note that this implementation is not synchronized.</strong> If
 * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
 * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
 * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1006299 $ $Date: 2010-10-10 16:47:17 +0200 (dim. 10 oct. 2010) $
 */
public class FirstMoment extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
    implements Serializable {

    /** Serializable version identifier */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6112755307178490473L;


    /** Count of values that have been added */
    protected long n;

    /** First moment of values that have been added */
    protected double m1;

    /**
     * Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment.
     * Retained to prevent repeated computation in higher order moments.
     */
    protected double dev;

    /**
     * Deviation of most recently added value from previous first moment,
     * normalized by previous sample size.  Retained to prevent repeated
     * computation in higher order moments
     */
    protected double nDev;

    /**
     * Create a FirstMoment instance
     */
    public FirstMoment() {
        n = 0;
        m1 = Double.NaN;
        dev = Double.NaN;
        nDev = Double.NaN;
    }

    /**
     * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code FirstMoment} identical
     * to the {@code original}
     *
     * @param original the {@code FirstMoment} instance to copy
     */
     public FirstMoment(FirstMoment original) {
         super();
         copy(original, this);
     }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
     @Override
    public void increment(final double d) {
        if (n == 0) {
            m1 = 0.0;
        }
        n++;
        double n0 = n;
        dev = d - m1;
        nDev = dev / n0;
        m1 += nDev;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void clear() {
        m1 = Double.NaN;
        n = 0;
        dev = Double.NaN;
        nDev = Double.NaN;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public double getResult() {
        return m1;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public long getN() {
        return n;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public FirstMoment copy() {
        FirstMoment result = new FirstMoment();
        copy(this, result);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Copies source to dest.
     * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
     *
     * @param source FirstMoment to copy
     * @param dest FirstMoment to copy to
     * @throws NullPointerException if either source or dest is null
     */
    public static void copy(FirstMoment source, FirstMoment dest) {
        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
        dest.n = source.n;
        dest.m1 = source.m1;
        dest.dev = source.dev;
        dest.nDev = source.nDev;
    }
}