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| package org.apache.samoa.moa.classifiers.rules.core.voting; |
| |
| import org.apache.samoa.moa.MOAObject; |
| |
| /** |
| * ErrorWeightedVote interface for weighted votes based on estimates of errors. |
| * |
| * @author Joao Duarte (jmduarte@inescporto.pt) |
| * @version $Revision: 1 $ |
| */ |
| public interface ErrorWeightedVote { |
| |
| /** |
| * Adds a vote and the corresponding error for the computation of the weighted vote and respective weighted error. |
| * |
| * @param vote |
| * a vote returned by a classifier |
| * @param error |
| * the error associated to the vote |
| */ |
| public void addVote(double[] vote, double error); |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes the weighted vote. Also updates the weights of the votes. |
| * |
| * @return the weighted vote |
| */ |
| public double[] computeWeightedVote(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the weighted error. |
| * |
| * @pre computeWeightedVote() |
| * @return the weighted error |
| */ |
| public double getWeightedError(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the weights error. |
| * |
| * @pre computeWeightedVote() |
| * @return the weights |
| */ |
| public double[] getWeights(); |
| |
| /** |
| * The number of votes added so far. |
| * |
| * @return the number of votes |
| */ |
| public int getNumberVotes(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a copy of the object |
| * |
| * @return copy of the object |
| */ |
| public MOAObject copy(); |
| |
| public ErrorWeightedVote getACopy(); |
| } |