mtkFactor-class: The 'mtkFactor' class
In mtk: Mexico ToolKit library (MTK)

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The class used to manage an input factor and its uncertainty distribution.

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Direct Known Subclasses :

mtkFactor: signature(name="unkown", id="unkown", unit="", type="numeric", domain=mtkDomain(), featureList=list())

name:: the name of the input factor.
id:: the name of the factor in the simulation code, if different from name.
unit:: the measurement units of the factor values. This can be used in graphics or reports, for example.
type:: the data type of the factor's values.
domain:: the mtkDomain object that describes the factor's uncertainty.
featureList:: the list of features that may be associated with the factor.

initialize: signature(.Object = "mtkFactor"): The initializer of the class mtkFactor.
getName: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Fetches the name of the factor.
getType: signature(this = "mtkFactor"): Returns the data type of the factor's levels.
getDomain: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Fetches the domain associated with the factor. It returns an object of the class mtkDomain.
getDistributionName: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Fetches the name of the distribution associated with the uncertainty domain.
getDistributionNominalValue: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Fetches the nominal value of the distribution associated with the uncertainty domain.
getDistributionNominalValueType: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Fetches the data type associated with the uncertainty domain.
getDiscreteDistributionType: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Returns the discrete distribution type.
getDiscreteDistributionLevels: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Returns the levels managed by a discrete distribution.
getDiscreteDistributionWeights: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Returns the weights managed by a discrete distribution.
getDistributionParameters: signature(this="mtkFactor"): The getDistributionParameters method.
getFeatures: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Returns the features as a named list.
getMTKFeatures: signature(this="mtkFactor"): Returns the features as a vector of objects from the class mtkFeature.
setName: signature(this = "mtkFactor", name = "character"): Gives a new name to the factor.
setDomain: signature(this = "mtkFactor", domain = "mtkDomain"): Associates a new domain with the factor.
setType: signature(this = "mtkFactor", type = "character"): Names explicitly the data type managed by the factor.
setFeatures: signature(this="mtkFactor",aFList="list): Gives new features to the factor. aFList may be a vector of objects from the class mtkFeature or a named list from which we can build a list of features.
print: signature(x = "mtkFactor"): Prints the data managed by the factor.
show: signature(object = "mtkFactor"): Displays the underlying object of the class mtkFactor.

Juhui WANG and Hervé Monod, MIA-jouy, INRA, Hervé Richard, BioSP, INRA

# Manage a factor x1 with  a mtkFactor object.

	x1 <- make.mtkFactor(name="x1", distribName="unif",
		 distribPara=list(min=-pi, max=pi)) 
	getName(x1)
	getDomain(x1)
	getDistributionName(x1)
	getType(x1) 
	setType(x1, "double")
	getType(x1); # 'double'