A numeric range has a high, low, mean, root-mean-square, standard deviation, and the count of how many samples it contains.
/* * Encog(tm) Core v3.0 - Java Version * http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog/ * http://code.google.com/p/encog-java/ * Copyright 2008-2011 Heaton Research, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * For more information on Heaton Research copyrights, licenses * and trademarks visit: * http://www.heatonresearch.com/copyright */ import java.util.List; /** * A numeric range has a high, low, mean, root-mean-square, standard deviation, * and the count of how many samples it contains. * */ public class NumericRange { /** * Display to five decimal places. */ public static final int FIVE = 5; /** * The high number in the range. */ private final double high; /** * The low number in the range. */ private final double low; /** * The mean value. */ private final double mean; /** * The root mean square of the range. */ private final double rms; /** * The standard deviation of the range. */ private final double standardDeviation; /** * The number of values in this range. */ private final int samples; /** * Create a numeric range from a list of values. * * @param values * The values to calculate for. */ public NumericRange(final List<Double> values) { double assignedHigh = 0; double assignedLow = 0; double total = 0; double rmsTotal = 0; // get the mean and other 1-pass values. for (final double d : values) { assignedHigh = Math.max(assignedHigh, d); assignedLow = Math.min(assignedLow, d); total += d; rmsTotal += d * d; } this.samples = values.size(); this.high = assignedHigh; this.low = assignedLow; this.mean = total / this.samples; this.rms = Math.sqrt(rmsTotal / this.samples); // now get the standard deviation double devTotal = 0; for (final double d : values) { devTotal += Math.pow(d - this.mean, 2); } this.standardDeviation = Math.sqrt(devTotal / this.samples); } /** * @return The high number in the range. */ public final double getHigh() { return this.high; } /** * @return The low number in the range. */ public final double getLow() { return this.low; } /** * @return The mean in the range. */ public final double getMean() { return this.mean; } /** * @return The root mean square of the range. */ public final double getRms() { return this.rms; } /** * @return The number of samples in the range. */ public final int getSamples() { return this.samples; } /** * @return The standard deviation of the range. */ public final double getStandardDeviation() { return this.standardDeviation; } }