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/*
* ModelSelection.java
* Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
*
*/
package weka.classifiers.trees.j48;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Abstract class for model selection criteria.
*
* @author Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
* @version $Revision: 1.8 $
*/
public abstract class ModelSelection
implements Serializable, RevisionHandler {
/** for serialization */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -4850147125096133642L;
/**
* Selects a model for the given dataset.
*
* @exception Exception if model can't be selected
*/
public abstract ClassifierSplitModel selectModel(Instances data) throws Exception;
/**
* Selects a model for the given train data using the given test data
*
* @exception Exception if model can't be selected
*/
public ClassifierSplitModel selectModel(Instances train, Instances test)
throws Exception {
throw new Exception("Model selection method not implemented");
}
}