graphenej/graphenej/src/main/java/cy/agorise/graphenej/stats/ExponentialMovingAverage.java

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package cy.agorise.graphenej.stats;
/**
* Class used to compute the Exponential Moving Average of a sequence of values.
* For more details see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Exponential_moving_average">here</a>.
*/
public class ExponentialMovingAverage {
public static final double DEFAULT_ALPHA = 0.5;
private double alpha;
private Double accumulatedValue;
/**
* Constructor, which takes only the alpha parameter as an argument.
*
* @param alpha The coefficient alpha represents the degree of weighting decrease, a constant
* smoothing factor between 0 and 1. A higher alpha discounts older observations faster.
*/
public ExponentialMovingAverage(double alpha) {
this.alpha = alpha;
}
/**
* Method that updates the average with a new sample
* @param value New value
* @return The updated average value
*/
public double updateValue(double value) {
if (accumulatedValue == null) {
accumulatedValue = value;
return value;
}
double newValue = accumulatedValue + alpha * (value - accumulatedValue);
accumulatedValue = newValue;
return newValue;
}
/**
*
* @return Returns the current average value
*/
public double getAverage(){
return accumulatedValue == null ? 0 : accumulatedValue;
}
public void setAlpha(double alpha){
this.alpha = alpha;
this.accumulatedValue = null;
}
}