epsilonrange_listelement.java

数据挖掘中聚类的算法

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/*
 *    Copyright (C) 2004
 *    & Matthias Schubert ([e-mail])
 *    & Zhanna Melnikova-Albrecht ([e-mail])
 *    & Rainer Holzmann ([e-mail])
 */

package weka.clusterers.forOPTICSAndDBScan.Utils;

import weka.clusterers.forOPTICSAndDBScan.DataObjects.DataObject;

/**
 * <p>
 * EpsilonRange_ListElement.java <br/>
 * Authors: Rainer Holzmann, Zhanna Melnikova-Albrecht, Matthias Schubert <br/>
 * Date: Sep 7, 2004 <br/>
 * Time: 2:12:34 PM <br/>
 * $ Revision 1.4 $ <br/>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Matthias Schubert ([e-mail])
 * @author Zhanna Melnikova-Albrecht ([e-mail])
 * @author Rainer Holzmann ([e-mail])
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
public class EpsilonRange_ListElement {

    /**
     * Holds the dataObject
     */
    private DataObject dataObject;

    /**
     * Holds the distance that was calculated for this dataObject
     */
    private double distance;

    // *****************************************************************************************************************
    // constructors
    // *****************************************************************************************************************

    /**
     * Constructs a new Element that is stored in the ArrayList which is
     * built in the k_nextNeighbourQuery-method from a specified database.
     * This structure is chosen to deliver not only the DataObjects that
     * are within the epsilon-range but also deliver the distances that
     * were calculated. This reduces the amount of distance-calculations
     * within some data-mining-algorithms.
     * @param distance The calculated distance for this dataObject
     * @param dataObject A dataObject that is within the epsilon-range
     */
    public EpsilonRange_ListElement(double distance, DataObject dataObject) {
        this.distance = distance;
        this.dataObject = dataObject;
    }

    // *****************************************************************************************************************
    // methods
    // *****************************************************************************************************************

    /**
     * Returns the distance that was calulcated for this dataObject
     * (The distance between this dataObject and the dataObject for which an epsilon-range-query
     * was performed.)
     * @return distance
     */
    public double getDistance() {
        return distance;
    }

    /**
     * Returns this dataObject
     * @return dataObject
     */
    public DataObject getDataObject() {
        return dataObject;
    }

    // *****************************************************************************************************************
    // inner classes
    // *****************************************************************************************************************

}