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/*
* BudgetedLearner.java
* Copyright (C) 2005 Prem Melville
*
*/
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//
// WARNING: UNDER DEVELOPMENT
//
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package weka.classifiers;
import weka.core.*;
/**
* Interface to permit a classifier to make instance-feature queries.
*
* @author Prem Melville (melville@cs.utexas.edu)
* @version
*/
public interface BudgetedLearner {
//Set costs of acquiring each feature
void setFeatureCosts(double []featureCosts);
/**
* Given a set of incomplete instances, select a specified number of instance-feature queries.
* @param train set of incomplete instances
* @param num number of instance-feature pairs to selcted for acquiring remaining features
* @param queryMatrix matrix to track available queries
* @exception Exception if selection fails
*/
Pair []selectInstancesForFeatures(Instances train, int num, boolean [][]queryMatrix) throws Exception;
}