SimpleRatioAmbiguityAcceptance.java

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package org.orekit.estimation.measurements.gnss;

/** Ambiguity acceptance test based on a ratio of the two best candidates.
 * @see AmbiguitySolver
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @since 10.0
 */
public class SimpleRatioAmbiguityAcceptance implements AmbiguityAcceptance {

    /** Number of candidate solutions. */
    private static final int NB_CANDIDATES = 2;

    /** Acceptance ratio for {@code candidate[0]/candidate[1]}. */
    private final double ratio;

    /** Simple constructor.
     * @param ratio acceptance ratio for {@code candidate[0]/candidate[1]},
     * typically {@code 1.0/2.0} or {@code 1.0/3.0}
     */
    public SimpleRatioAmbiguityAcceptance(final double ratio) {
        this.ratio = ratio;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public int numberOfCandidates() {
        return NB_CANDIDATES;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * If the ratio {@code candidate[0]/candidate[1]} is smaller or
     * equal to the ratio given at construction, then {@code candidate[0]}
     * will be accepted
     * </p>
     */
    @Override
    public IntegerLeastSquareSolution accept(final IntegerLeastSquareSolution[] candidates) {
        if (candidates[0].getSquaredDistance() / candidates[1].getSquaredDistance() <= ratio) {
            return candidates[0];
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

}