MatrixCovarianceFunction.h

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#ifndef UQ_MATRIX_COVARIANCE_FUNCTION_H
#define UQ_MATRIX_COVARIANCE_FUNCTION_H

#include <queso/VectorSet.h>
#include <queso/Environment.h>
#include <cmath>

namespace QUESO {

 /* The covariance for two random variates \f$ X \f$ and \f$ Y \f$,
 * each with sample size \f$ N \f$, is defined by the expectation value:
 * \f$ cov (X,Y) = <(X-\mu_X)(Y-\mu_Y)> = < X Y > - \mu_X \mu_Y \f$
 * where \f$ \mu_X \f$ and \f$ \mu_Y \f$ are the respective means, which can be written out
 * explicitly as \f[ cov (X,Y) = \sum_{i=1}^{N} \frac{(x_i - \bar{x})(y_i - \bar{y})}{N}\f] */

template<class P_V, class P_M, class Q_V, class Q_M>
class BaseMatrixCovarianceFunction {
public:


  BaseMatrixCovarianceFunction(const char*                      prefix,
                                      const VectorSet<P_V,P_M>& basicDomainSet,
                                      const VectorSet<Q_V,Q_M>& imageSet);

  virtual ~BaseMatrixCovarianceFunction();


  const VectorSet<P_V,P_M>& basicDomainSet()             const;

  virtual void                     covMatrix     (const P_V& domainVector1, const P_V& domainVector2, Q_M& imageMatrix) const = 0;

protected:
  const BaseEnvironment&    m_env;
        std::string                m_prefix;
  const VectorSet<P_V,P_M>& m_basicDomainSet;
  const VectorSet<Q_V,Q_M>& m_imageSet;
};

}  // End namespace QUESO

#endif // UQ_MATRIX_COVARIANCE_FUNCTION_H