extendabledata.h

MultiBoost 是c++实现的多类adaboost酸法。与传统的adaboost算法主要解决二类分类问题不同

/*
* This file is part of MultiBoost, a multi-class 
* AdaBoost learner/classifier
*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Norman Casagrande
* For informations write to [e-mail]
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*
*/

/**
* \file ExtendableData.h Input data with the possibility of adding
* new features.
*/

#ifndef __EXTENDABLE_DATA_H
#define __EXTENDABLE_DATA_H

#include "IO/SortedData.h"

#include <vector>

using namespace std;

namespace MultiBoost {

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/**
* Overloading of the SortedData class to support adding (and perhaps deleting)
* features (columns in the data matrix). Experimental stage.
* @date 15/02/2006
*/
class ExtendableData : public SortedData
{
public:

   /**
   * The destructor. Must be declared (virtual) for the proper destruction of 
   * the object.
   */
   virtual ~ExtendableData() {}

   /**
   * Add new column (feature) to the data matrix.
   * @param newColumn The vector of the new feature values.
   * @date 15/02/2006
   */
   virtual void addColumn(const vector<double>& newColumnVector);
};

} // end of namespace MultiBoost

#endif // __EXTENDABLE_DATA_H