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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
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+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+ *
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+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_TIME_AVERAGED_STATS_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_TIME_AVERAGED_STATS_H
+
+/* This tracks a time-decaying weighted average. It works by collecting
+ batches of samples and then mixing their average into a time-decaying
+ weighted mean. It is designed for batch operations where we do many adds
+ before updating the average. */
+
+typedef struct {
+ /* The initial average value. This is the reported average until the first
+ grpc_time_averaged_stats_update_average call. If a positive regress_weight
+ is used, we also regress towards this value on each update. */
+ double init_avg;
+ /* The sample weight of "init_avg" that is mixed in with each call to
+ grpc_time_averaged_stats_update_average. If the calls to
+ grpc_time_averaged_stats_add_sample stop, this will cause the average to
+ regress back to the mean. This should be non-negative. Set it to 0 to
+ disable the bias. A value of 1 has the effect of adding in 1 bonus sample
+ with value init_avg to each sample period. */
+ double regress_weight;
+ /* This determines the rate of decay of the time-averaging from one period
+ to the next by scaling the aggregate_total_weight of samples from prior
+ periods when combining with the latest period. It should be in the range
+ [0,1]. A higher value adapts more slowly. With a value of 0.5, if the
+ batches each have k samples, the samples_in_avg_ will grow to 2 k, so the
+ weighting of the time average will eventually be 1/3 new batch and 2/3
+ old average. */
+ double persistence_factor;
+
+ /* The total value of samples since the last UpdateAverage(). */
+ double batch_total_value;
+ /* The number of samples since the last UpdateAverage(). */
+ double batch_num_samples;
+ /* The time-decayed sum of batch_num_samples_ over previous batches. This is
+ the "weight" of the old aggregate_weighted_avg_ when updating the
+ average. */
+ double aggregate_total_weight;
+ /* A time-decayed average of the (batch_total_value_ / batch_num_samples_),
+ computed by decaying the samples_in_avg_ weight in the weighted average. */
+ double aggregate_weighted_avg;
+} grpc_time_averaged_stats;
+
+/* See the comments on the members above for an explanation of init_avg,
+ regress_weight, and persistence_factor. */
+void grpc_time_averaged_stats_init(grpc_time_averaged_stats* stats,
+ double init_avg, double regress_weight,
+ double persistence_factor);
+/* Add a sample to the current batch. */
+void grpc_time_averaged_stats_add_sample(grpc_time_averaged_stats* stats,
+ double value);
+/* Complete a batch and compute the new estimate of the average sample
+ value. */
+double grpc_time_averaged_stats_update_average(grpc_time_averaged_stats* stats);
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_TIME_AVERAGED_STATS_H */