diff --git a/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate.java b/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate.java
index a86ce64..6c1e03c 100755
--- a/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate.java
+++ b/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate.java
@@ -114,6 +114,29 @@ public interface ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate
 	public void setObservations(double[][] var1, double[][] var2,
 			double[][] cond) throws Exception;
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets a single series from which to compute the PDF.
+	 * Cannot be called in conjunction with
+	 * {@link #startAddObservations()} / {@link #addObservations(double[][], double[][], double[][])} or
+	 * {@link #addObservations(double[][], double[][], double[][], int, int)} /
+	 * {@link #finaliseAddObservations()}.</p>
+	 * 
+	 * <p>The supplied series may be (multivariate) time-series or 
+	 * simply a set of separate observations without a time interpretation.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>This method can only be used where dimensions of all
+	 * variables have been set to 1.</p>
+	 * 
+	 * @param var1 univariate observations for variable 1
+	 * @param var2 univariate observations for variable 2
+	 *  Length must match <code>var1</code>, and their indices must correspond.
+	 * @param cond univariate observations for the conditional
+	 *  Length must match <code>var1</code>, and their indices must correspond.
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public void setObservations(double[] var1, double[] var2,
+			double[] cond) throws Exception;
+
 	/**
 	 * Sets a single series from which to compute the PDF,
 	 *  where all the various observations are valid.
@@ -210,6 +233,31 @@ public interface ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate
 	public void addObservations(double[][] var1, double[][] var2,
 			double[][] cond) throws Exception;
 	
+	/**
+	 * <p>Adds a new set of observations to update the PDFs with - is
+	 * intended to be called multiple times.
+	 * Must be called after {@link #startAddObservations()}; call
+	 * {@link #finaliseAddObservations()} once all observations have
+	 * been supplied.</p>
+	 * 
+	 * <p>Note that the arrays must not be over-written by the user
+	 *  until after finaliseAddObservations() has been called
+	 *  (they are not copied by this method necessarily, but the method
+	 *  may simply hold a pointer to them).</p>
+	 * 
+	 * <p>This method can only be used where dimensions of all
+	 * variables have been set to 1.</p>
+	 * 
+	 * @param var1 univariate observations for variable 1
+	 * @param var2 univariate observations for variable 2
+	 *  Length must match <code>var1</code>, and their indices must correspond.
+	 * @param cond univariate observations for the conditional
+	 *  Length must match <code>var1</code>, and their indices must correspond.
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public void addObservations(double[] var1, double[] var2,
+			double[] cond) throws Exception;
+	
 	/**
 	 * <p>Adds a new sub-series of observations to update the PDFs with - is
 	 * intended to be called multiple times.
diff --git a/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon.java b/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon.java
index dd5460e..557ca24 100755
--- a/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon.java
+++ b/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon.java
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ public abstract class ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon implements
 		addedMoreThanOneObservationSet = false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setObservations(double[] var1, double[] var2,
+			double[] cond) throws Exception {
+		startAddObservations();
+		addObservations(var1, var2, cond);
+		finaliseAddObservations();
+		addedMoreThanOneObservationSet = false;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void startAddObservations() {
 		vectorOfVar1Observations = new Vector<double[][]>();
@@ -276,6 +285,23 @@ public abstract class ConditionalMutualInfoMultiVariateCommon implements
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void addObservations(double[] var1, double[] var2,
+			double[] cond) throws Exception {
+		if ((dimensionsVar1 != 1) || (dimensionsVar2 != 1) ||
+				(dimensionsCond != 1)) {
+			throw new Exception("The number of dimensions for each variable (having been initialised to " +
+					dimensionsVar1 + ", " + dimensionsVar2 + " & " +
+					dimensionsCond + ") can only be 1 when " +
+					"the univariate addObservations(double[],double[],double[]) and " + 
+					"setObservations(double[],double[],double[]) methods are called");
+		}
+		addObservations(MatrixUtils.reshape(var1, var1.length, 1),
+						MatrixUtils.reshape(var2, var2.length, 1),
+						MatrixUtils.reshape(cond, cond.length, 1));
+
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public void addObservations(double[][] var1, double[][] var2,
 			double[][] cond,