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package com.rapidminer.operator.generator;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.AttributeFactory;
import com.rapidminer.tools.Ontology;
import com.rapidminer.tools.RandomGenerator;


/** Generates a gaussian distribution for all attributes. 
 * 
 *  @author Ingo Mierswa
 */
public class GaussianFunction extends RegressionFunction {

	private double bound = 10.0d;

	/** Since circles are used the upper and lower bounds must be the same. */
	@Override
	public void setLowerArgumentBound(double lower) {
		this.bound = Math.max(this.bound, Math.abs(lower));
	}

	@Override
	public void setUpperArgumentBound(double upper) {
		this.bound = Math.max(this.bound, Math.abs(upper));
	}

	@Override
	public Attribute getLabel() {
		return AttributeFactory.createAttribute("label", Ontology.REAL);
	}

	public double calculate(double[] att) throws FunctionException {
		return 0.0d;
	}

	@Override
	public double[] createArguments(int number, RandomGenerator random) {
		double[] args = new double[number];
		for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
			args[i] = random.nextGaussian() * bound;
		return args;
	}
}