de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm

Class AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm<O,R extends Result>

java.lang.Object

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.AbstractAlgorithm<R>

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm<O,R>

Type Parameters:

O - Object type

R - the type of result to retrieve from this Algorithm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Algorithm, DistanceBasedAlgorithm<O>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractKMeans, DependencyDerivator, HopkinsStatisticClusteringTendency, ReferenceBasedOutlierDetection

public abstract class AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm<O,R extends Result>
extends AbstractAlgorithm<R>
implements DistanceBasedAlgorithm<O>

Abstract base class for distance-based algorithms that need to work with synthetic numerical vectors such as mean vectors.

Since:

0.7.0

Author:

Erich Schubert

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm.Parameterizer<O> Parameterization helper class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O>	distanceFunction Holds the instance of the distance function specified by DistanceBasedAlgorithm.DISTANCE_FUNCTION_ID.

Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.AbstractAlgorithm

ALGORITHM_ID

Fields inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.DistanceBasedAlgorithm

DISTANCE_FUNCTION_ID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm(NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O> distanceFunction) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O>	getDistanceFunction() Returns the distanceFunction.

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.AbstractAlgorithm

getInputTypeRestriction, getLogger, run

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.algorithm.Algorithm

getInputTypeRestriction, run

Field Detail

distanceFunction

protected NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O> distanceFunction

Holds the instance of the distance function specified by DistanceBasedAlgorithm.DISTANCE_FUNCTION_ID.

Constructor Detail

AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm

protected AbstractNumberVectorDistanceBasedAlgorithm(NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O> distanceFunction)

Constructor.

Parameters:

distanceFunction - Distance function

Method Detail

getDistanceFunction

public final NumberVectorDistanceFunction<? super O> getDistanceFunction()

Returns the distanceFunction.

Specified by:

getDistanceFunction in interface DistanceBasedAlgorithm<O>

Returns:

the distanceFunction