samoa-api/src/main/java/org/apache/samoa/moa/evaluation/LearningPerformanceEvaluator.java

package org.apache.samoa.moa.evaluation;

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import org.apache.samoa.moa.MOAObject;
import org.apache.samoa.moa.core.Example;
import org.apache.samoa.moa.core.Measurement;

/**
 * Interface implemented by learner evaluators to monitor the results of the learning process.
 * 
 * @author Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 7 $
 */
public interface LearningPerformanceEvaluator<E extends Example> extends MOAObject {

  /**
   * Resets this evaluator. It must be similar to starting a new evaluator from scratch.
   * 
   */
  public void reset();

  /**
   * Adds a learning result to this evaluator.
   * 
   * @param example
   *          the example to be classified
   * @param classVotes
   *          an array containing the estimated membership probabilities of the test instance in each class
   * @return an array of measurements monitored in this evaluator
   */
  public void addResult(E example, double[] classVotes);

  /**
   * Gets the current measurements monitored by this evaluator.
   * 
   * @return an array of measurements monitored by this evaluator
   */
  public Measurement[] getPerformanceMeasurements();

}