source: src/main/java/weka/classifiers/IntervalEstimator.java @ 8

Last change on this file since 8 was 4, checked in by gnappo, 14 years ago

Import di weka.

File size: 1.7 KB
RevLine 
[4]1/*
2 *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
3 *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
4 *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
5 *    (at your option) any later version.
6 *
7 *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
8 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
9 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
10 *    GNU General Public License for more details.
11 *
12 *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13 *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
14 *    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
15 */
16
17/*
18 *    IntervalEstimator.java
19 *    Copyright (C) 2005 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
20 *
21 */
22
23package weka.classifiers;
24
25import weka.core.Instance;
26
27/**
28 * Interface for numeric prediction schemes that can output prediction
29 * intervals.
30 *
31 * @author Kurt Driessens (kurtd@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
32 * @version $Revision: 6041 $
33 */
34public interface IntervalEstimator {
35
36  /**
37   * Returns an N * 2 array, where N is the number of prediction
38   * intervals. In each row, the first element contains the lower
39   * boundary of the corresponding prediction interval and the second
40   * element the upper boundary.
41   *
42   * @param inst the instance to make the prediction for.
43   * @param confidenceLevel the percentage of cases that the interval should cover.
44   * @return an array of prediction intervals
45   * @exception Exception if the intervals can't be computed
46   */
47  double[][] predictIntervals(Instance inst, double confidenceLevel) throws Exception;
48}
49
Note: See TracBrowser for help on using the repository browser.