subsetevaluator.java

这是关于数据挖掘的一些算法

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/*
 *    SubsetEvaluator.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.attributeSelection;

import java.util.BitSet;

/** 
 * Abstract attribute subset evaluator.
 *
 * @author Mark Hall ([e-mail])
 * @version $Revision: 1.10 $
 */
public abstract class SubsetEvaluator extends ASEvaluation {

  /** for serialization */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 917898857215312640L;
  
  // ===============
  // Public methods.
  // ===============
  
  /**
   * evaluates a subset of attributes
   *
   * @param subset a bitset representing the attribute subset to be 
   * evaluated 
   * @return the "merit" of the subset
   * @exception Exception if the subset could not be evaluated
   */
  public abstract double evaluateSubset(BitSet subset) throws Exception;
}