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package com.rapidminer.example;
import java.io.Serializable;
/** The superclass for all attribute statistics objects.
*
* @author Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: Statistics.java,v 1.6 2008/05/09 19:22:42 ingomierswa Exp $
*/
public interface Statistics extends Serializable {
public static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
public static final String AVERAGE = "average";
public static final String VARIANCE = "variance";
public static final String MINIMUM = "minimum";
public static final String MAXIMUM = "maximum";
public static final String MODE = "mode";
public static final String LEAST = "least";
public static final String COUNT = "count";
public static final String SUM = "sum";
public Object clone();
public void startCounting(Attribute attribute);
public void count(double value);
public boolean handleStatistics(String statisticsName);
public double getStatistics(Attribute attribute, String statisticsName, String parameter);
}