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package org.societies.personalisation.preference.api.UserPreferenceLearning;
import java.util.Date;
import org.societies.api.identity.IIdentity;
import org.societies.api.schema.servicelifecycle.model.ServiceResourceIdentifier;
import org.societies.personalisation.preference.api.model.IC45Consumer;
/**
*
* @author S.Gallacher@hw.ac.uk
*
*/
public interface IC45Learning
{
/**
* This method starts the C4.5 learning process on context history from the date
* specified to present for all actions over all identities. (If Date is null, all available history
* is retrieved.) It returns output to a call-back method implemented by the
* requestor.
*
* @param requestor - an instance of the IC45Consumer to which the output
* should be returned
* @param startDate - defines the start date of history to use as input.
*/
public void runC45Learning(IC45Consumer requestor, Date startDate);
/**
* This method starts the C4.5 learning process on context history from the date
* specified to present for the specified parameterName of an IAction from the specified
* service over all identities. (If Date is null, all available history is retrieved.)
* It returns output to a call-back method implemented by the requestor.
*
* @param requestor - an instance of the IC45Consumer to which the output
* should be returned
* @param date - defines the start date of history to use as input.
* @param serviceId - the ID of the service related to the actions upon which
* learning should run
* @param parameterName - specifies the parameterName (of an IAction) to focus
* C4.5 learning on.
*/
public void runC45Learning(IC45Consumer requestor, Date date, ServiceResourceIdentifier serviceId, String parameterName);
/**
* This method starts the C4.5 learning process on context history from the date
* specified to present for all actions for a specific IIdentity. (If Date is
* null, all available history is retrieved.) It returns output to a call-back
* method implemented by the requestor.
*
* @param requestor - an instance of the IC45Consumer to which the output should be returned
* @param date - defines the start date of history to use as input.
* @param historyOwner - the IIdentity under which learning should run
*/
public void runC45Learning(IC45Consumer requestor, Date date, IIdentity historyOwner);
/**
* This method starts the C4.5 learning process on context history from the date
* specified to present for the specified parameterName of an IAction from the specified
* service over the specified IIdentity.(If Date is null, all available history is retrieved.)
* It returns output to a call-back method implemented by the requestor.
*
* @param requestor
* @param historyOwner
* @param date
* @param serviceId
* @param parameterName
*/
public void runC45Learning(IC45Consumer requestor, Date date, IIdentity historyOwner,
ServiceResourceIdentifier serviceId, String parameterName);
}