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/*
* MPCKMeansAssigner.java
* An abstract class for algorithms that do E-step assignment
* Copyright (C) 2004 Misha Bilenko
*
*/
package weka.clusterers.assigners;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import weka.core.*;
import weka.clusterers.*;
public abstract class MPCKMeansAssigner implements Cloneable, Serializable, OptionHandler {
/** Clusterer that the assigner operates on */
protected MPCKMeans m_clusterer = null;
/** Default constructors */
public MPCKMeansAssigner() {
}
/** Initialize with a clusterer */
public MPCKMeansAssigner (MPCKMeans clusterer) {
setClusterer(clusterer);
}
/** Set the clusterer */
public void setClusterer(MPCKMeans clusterer) {
this.m_clusterer = clusterer;
}
/** Assigners can be sequential or collective */
public abstract boolean isSequential();
/** The main method
* @return the number of points that changed assignment
*/
public abstract int assign() throws Exception;
}