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017
018 package org.apache.commons.math.random;
019
020 /**
021 * This interface represent a normalized random generator for
022 * scalars.
023 * Normalized generator provide null mean and unit standard deviation scalars.
024 * @version $Revision: 811786 $ $Date: 2009-09-06 05:36:08 -0400 (Sun, 06 Sep 2009) $
025 * @since 1.2
026 */
027 public interface NormalizedRandomGenerator {
028
029 /** Generate a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation.
030 * <p>This method does <strong>not</strong> specify the shape of the
031 * distribution, it is the implementing class that provides it. The
032 * only contract here is to generate numbers with null mean and unit
033 * standard deviation.</p>
034 * @return a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation
035 */
036 double nextNormalizedDouble();
037
038 }