lio.probdistributions
Interface ProbDistribution

All Superinterfaces:

LiOResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryProbDistribution, BivariateProbDistribution, Chain, ContinuousProbDistribution, DependencyNetworkProbDistribution, MarginalProbabilityVector, MarginalProbabilityVector, MarginalProducts, MultivariateMI_DN, Tree

public interface ProbDistribution
extends LiOResource

Implements the functionality of each probability distribution consisting in learning a probability distribution from a set of individuals and sampling it.

Method Summary

void	learn(Individual[] individuals) Learns a probability distribution from a set of data
Individual[]	sample(int nIndividuals) Samples some individuals from a probability distribution

Methods inherited from interface lio.core.LiOResource

getDefinition

Method Detail

learn

void learn(Individual[] individuals)

Learns a probability distribution from a set of data

Parameters:

individuals - Set of individiduals from which de distribution is estimated.

sample

Individual[] sample(int nIndividuals)

Samples some individuals from a probability distribution

Parameters:

Number - of individuals that will be sampled

Returns:

Array containing the sampled individuals