com.bayesia.api

Interface NetworkDescriptor

public interface NetworkDescriptor

This interface provides some methods used to describe a network. A Database must return an instance of NetworkDescriptor to describe its content and allow the APILearning to create the corresponding network.

Version:

4.2

Author:

Bayesia S.A.S.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
short	getFilteredStateIndex(int index) Returns the index of the filtered state for the given variable index.
double[][]	getVariableIntervals(int index) Returns an array containing the minimum and maximum values of each intervals of the varaible at the given index.
java.lang.String[]	getVariableNames() Returns an array of String containing the names of the variables
java.lang.String[]	getVariableValues(int index) Returns an array of String representing the variable states at the given index.
boolean	isContinuousVariable(int index) Tests if the variable at the given index is continuous or not

Method Detail

getVariableNames

java.lang.String[] getVariableNames()

Returns an array of String containing the names of the variables

Returns:

the name of the network's variables

getVariableValues

java.lang.String[] getVariableValues(int index)

Returns an array of String representing the variable states at the given index.

Parameters:

index - the index of the variable

Returns:

and array containing the state names

getVariableIntervals

double[][] getVariableIntervals(int index)

Returns an array containing the minimum and maximum values of each intervals of the varaible at the given index. If the variable is not continuous, returns null.

Parameters:

index - the index of the variable

Returns:

an array of interval's minimum and maximum

isContinuousVariable

boolean isContinuousVariable(int index)

Tests if the variable at the given index is continuous or not

Parameters:

index - the index of the variable

Returns:

true if the variable is continuous, false otherwise

getFilteredStateIndex

short getFilteredStateIndex(int index)

Returns the index of the filtered state for the given variable index. If there is not filtered state fro this variable then returns -1

Parameters:

index - the index of the variable

Returns:

the filtered state's index or -1 if there is no filtered state