/*
* File: IncrementalEstimator.java
* Authors: Kevin R. Dixon
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Foundry
*
* Copyright Mar 2, 2011, Sandia Corporation.
* Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive
* license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government.
* Export of this program may require a license from the United States
* Government. See CopyrightHistory.txt for complete details.
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.statistics;
import gov.sandia.cognition.learning.algorithm.BatchAndIncrementalLearner;
/**
* An estimator of a Distribution that uses SufficientStatistic to arrive
* at its result.
*
* @param <DataType>
* The type of data generated by the Distribution.
* @param <SufficientStatisticsType>
* The type of the sufficient statistics for the distribution.
* @param <DistributionType>
* The type of Distribution this is the sufficient statistics of.
* @author Kevin R. Dixon
* @since 3.1.1
*/
public interface IncrementalEstimator<DataType, DistributionType extends Distribution<? extends DataType>, SufficientStatisticsType extends SufficientStatistic<? super DataType, ? extends DistributionType>>
extends BatchAndIncrementalLearner<DataType, SufficientStatisticsType>
{
}