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<h2 title="Interface RandomProcess" class="title">Interface RandomProcess&lt;D extends <a href="../../../../org/ojalgo/random/Distribution.html" title="interface in org.ojalgo.random">Distribution</a>&gt;</h2>
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<pre>public interface <span class="strong">RandomProcess&lt;D extends <a href="../../../../org/ojalgo/random/Distribution.html" title="interface in org.ojalgo.random">Distribution</a>&gt;</span></pre>
<div class="block">A random/stochastic process is a collection of random variables representing
 the evolution of some random value over "time".</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/ojalgo/random/process/RandomProcess.html#getDistribution(double)">getDistribution</a></strong>(double&nbsp;evaluationPoint)</code>
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<pre><a href="../../../../org/ojalgo/random/process/RandomProcess.html" title="type parameter in RandomProcess">D</a>&nbsp;getDistribution(double&nbsp;evaluationPoint)</pre>
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>evaluationPoint</code> - How far into the future?</dd>
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                                       double&nbsp;stepSize)</pre>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>An array of sample sets. The array has aNumberOfSteps
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