source: branches/MetisMQI/src/main/java/weka/estimators/ConditionalEstimator.java

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/*
 *    ConditionalEstimator.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.estimators;

import weka.core.RevisionHandler;

 
/** 
 * Interface for conditional probability estimators. Example code: <p>
 *
 * <code> <pre>
 *   NNConditionalEstimator newEst = new NNConditionalEstimator();
 *
 *   // Create 50 random points and add them
 *   Random r = new Random(seed);
 *   for(int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
 *     int x = Math.abs(r.nextInt() % 100);
 *     int y = Math.abs(r.nextInt() % 100);
 *     System.out.println("# " + x + "  " + y);
 *     newEst.addValue(x, y, 1);
 *   }
 *
 *   // Pick a random conditional value
 *   int cond = Math.abs(r.nextInt() % 100);
 *   System.out.println("## Conditional = " + cond);
 *
 *   // Print the probabilities conditional on that value
 *   Estimator result = newEst.getEstimator(cond);
 *   for(int i = 0; i <= 100; i+= 5) {
 *     System.out.println(" " + i + "  " + result.getProbability(i));
 *   }
 * </pre> </code>
 *
 * @author Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $
 */
public interface ConditionalEstimator extends RevisionHandler {

  /**
   * Add a new data value to the current estimator.
   *
   * @param data the new data value 
   * @param given the new value that data is conditional upon 
   * @param weight the weight assigned to the data value 
   */
  void addValue(double data, double given, double weight);

  /**
   * Get a probability estimator for a value
   *
   * @param given the new value that data is conditional upon 
   * @return the estimator for the supplied value given the condition
   */
  Estimator getEstimator(double given);

  /**
   * Get a probability for a value conditional on another value
   *
   * @param data the value to estimate the probability of
   * @param given the new value that data is conditional upon 
   * @return the estimator for the supplied value given the condition
   */
  double getProbability(double data, double given);

}