qrdecomposition.java

Apache的common math数学软件包

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package org.apache.commons.math.linear;

/**
 * An interface to classes that implement a algorithm to calculate the 
 * QR-decomposition of a real matrix.
 *   
 * @see <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QRDecomposition.html">MathWorld</a>
 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_decomposition">Wikipedia</a>
 * @version $Revision: 620312 $ $Date: 2008-02-10 12:28:59 -0700 (Sun, 10 Feb 2008) $
 * @since 1.2
 */
public interface QRDecomposition {

    /**
     * Returns the matrix R of the decomposition. 
     * 
     * @return the R matrix
     */
    public abstract RealMatrix getR();

    /**
     * Returns the matrix Q of the decomposition.
     * 
     * @return the Q matrix
     */
    public abstract RealMatrix getQ();
}