SemiSupSplitEvaluator.java

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/*
 *    SemiSupSplitEvaluator.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2003 Prem Melville
 *
 */

package weka.experiment;
import weka.core.*;

/** 
 * Interface to a split evaluator that can exploit unlabeled data.
 *
 * @author Prem Melville 
 */
public interface SemiSupSplitEvaluator {
    
    /**
   * Gets the results for the supplied train and test datasets.
   *
   * @param train the training Instances.
   * @param unlabeled the unlabeled training Instances.
   * @param test the testing Instances.
   * @return the results stored in an array. The objects stored in
   * the array may be Strings, Doubles, or null (for the missing value).
   * @exception Exception if a problem occurs while getting the results
   */
    Object [] getResult(Instances train, Instances unlabeled, Instances test) throws Exception;
  
}