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| |
| package org.apache.samoa.learners.classifiers; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| import org.apache.samoa.instances.Instance; |
| import org.apache.samoa.instances.Instances; |
| |
| /** |
| * Learner interface for non-distributed learners. |
| * |
| * @author abifet |
| */ |
| public interface LocalLearner extends Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new learner object. |
| * |
| * @return the learner |
| */ |
| LocalLearner create(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Predicts the class memberships for a given instance. If an instance is unclassified, the returned array elements |
| * must be all zero. |
| * |
| * @param inst |
| * the instance to be classified |
| * @return an array containing the estimated membership probabilities of the test instance in each class |
| */ |
| double[] getVotesForInstance(Instance inst); |
| |
| /** |
| * Resets this classifier. It must be similar to starting a new classifier from scratch. |
| * |
| */ |
| void resetLearning(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Trains this classifier incrementally using the given instance. |
| * |
| * @param inst |
| * the instance to be used for training |
| */ |
| void trainOnInstance(Instance inst); |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets where to obtain the information of attributes of Instances |
| * |
| * @param dataset |
| * the dataset that contains the information |
| */ |
| @Deprecated |
| public void setDataset(Instances dataset); |
| |
| } |