/**
* Converts from a positive infinite range to the range from zero to maxiumum. Uses an exponential
* conversion.
*
* @param distance a (possibly very great) distance
* @param maximum the new maximum value.
* @return the clamped value
* @see #closedDistanceRangeToInfinite(double, double)
*/
public static double infiniteDistanceRangeToClosed(double distance, double maximum) {
return (maximum - (maximum * Math.exp(-alpha * distance)));
}
/**
* Converts from the range zero to one to zero to the specified maximum. It uses a log value.
*
* @param distance the distance
* @param maximum the max
* @return the undamped distance
* @see #infiniteDistanceRangeToClosed(double, double)
*/
public static double closedDistanceRangeToInfinite(double distance, double maximum) {
return (-alpha * Math.log(1 - (distance / maximum)));
}
