ai.libs.jaicore.ml.core

Class FeatureDomain

java.lang.Object

ai.libs.jaicore.ml.core.FeatureDomain

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CategoricalFeatureDomain, NumericFeatureDomain

public abstract class FeatureDomain
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Abstract description of a feature domain. Needed for fANOVA application in the ExtendedRandomTree.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FeatureDomain()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.String	compactString()
abstract boolean	contains(java.lang.Object item) Checks if the domain contains an item.
abstract boolean	containsInstance(double value) Checks whether a given weka instance is contained in the feature domain
java.lang.String	getName() Getter for name attribute.
abstract double	getRangeSize() Computes the size of the domain.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Setter for name attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FeatureDomain

public FeatureDomain()

Method Detail

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Setter for name attribute.

Parameters:

name -

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Getter for name attribute.

Returns:

contains

public abstract boolean contains(java.lang.Object item)

Checks if the domain contains an item.

Parameters:

Item - to be checked

Returns:

getRangeSize

public abstract double getRangeSize()

Computes the size of the domain. For categorical features it returns the number of catogeries, for numeric features upper interval bound - lower interval bound.

Returns:

Size of feature domain

containsInstance

public abstract boolean containsInstance(double value)

Checks whether a given weka instance is contained in the feature domain

Parameters:

instance -

Returns:

true iff contained in the domain

compactString

public abstract java.lang.String compactString()