Training.java

/*
 * This file is part of ALOE.
 *
 * ALOE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.

 * ALOE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ALOE.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2012 SCCL, University of Washington (http://depts.washington.edu/sccl)
 */
package etc.aloe.processes;

import etc.aloe.data.ExampleSet;
import etc.aloe.cscw2013.WekaModel;

/**
 * Training creates a trained model from labeled examples.
 *
 * @author Michael Brooks <mjbrooks@uw.edu>
 */
public interface Training {

    /**
     * Given a set of labeled examples, generates a trained model.
     * @param examples
     * @return
     */
    WekaModel train(ExampleSet examples);
}