ConfidenceEstimator.java

package mstparser;

public abstract class ConfidenceEstimator {

	public static ConfidenceEstimator resolveByName(
			String confEstimatorName,
			DependencyParser depParser) {

		// Expected name format: Type*param1*param2*...
		String[] params = confEstimatorName.split("\\*");
		String type = params[0];

		if (type.equals("KDFix")) {
			// Expected format: KDFix*stddev*K
			double stddev = Double.parseDouble(params[1]);
			int K = Integer.parseInt(params[2]);
			return new ConfidenceEstimatorKDFix(stddev, K, depParser);
		}

		throw new RuntimeException("Unknown confidence estimator: "
				+ confEstimatorName);
	}

	// Compute the confidence score for each predicted edge. 
	public abstract double[] estimateConfidence(DependencyInstance inst);
}