Class EconomicMetrics

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.economics.EconomicMetrics

public final class EconomicMetrics
extends Object

Calculates economic metrics and population-wide indicators such as the Gini coefficient.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.2

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Real	giniCoefficient(List<? extends Quantity<?>> incomes)	Overload for Quantity for convenience.
static Real	giniCoefficientReal(List<Real> incomes)	Calculates the Gini coefficient for reaching a value between 0.0 (perfect equality) and 1.0 (perfect inequality) using Real numbers directly.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

giniCoefficientReal

public static Real giniCoefficientReal(List<Real> incomes)

Calculates the Gini coefficient for reaching a value between 0.0 (perfect equality) and 1.0 (perfect inequality) using Real numbers directly.

Parameters:

incomes - individual income data points as Real

Returns:

the Gini index as a Real number

giniCoefficient

public static Real giniCoefficient(List<? extends Quantity<?>> incomes)

Overload for Quantity for convenience.