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/*
* Java Information Dynamics Toolkit (JIDT)
* Copyright (C) 2012, Joseph T. Lizier
*
* This program 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.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package infodynamics.measures.mixed;
import infodynamics.utils.EmpiricalMeasurementDistribution;
import infodynamics.measures.continuous.ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate;
/**
* A conditional mutual information calculator between a joint set of continuous variables,
* and a discrete variable, conditioned on another discrete variable.
*
* <p>These calculators are <b>EXPERIMENTAL</b> -- not properly tested,
* and not well documented. The intended calling pattern is similar to
* {@link ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate}
* </p>
*
* @author Joseph Lizier (<a href="joseph.lizier at gmail.com">email</a>,
* <a href="http://lizier.me/joseph/">www</a>)
*/
public interface ConditionalMutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariateWithDiscrete {
/**
*
*
* @param dimensions the number of joint continuous variables
* @param base the base of the discrete variable
* @param condBase the base of the discrete variable to condition on
* @throws Exception
*/
public void initialise(int dimensions, int base, int condBase) throws Exception;
public void setProperty(String propertyName, String propertyValue);
public void setObservations(double[][] continuousObservations,
int[] discreteObservations, int[] conditionedObservations) throws Exception;
public double computeAverageLocalOfObservations() throws Exception;
public double[] computeLocalUsingPreviousObservations(double[][] contStates,
int[] discreteStates, int[] conditionedStates) throws Exception;
public EmpiricalMeasurementDistribution computeSignificance(int numPermutationsToCheck) throws Exception;
public EmpiricalMeasurementDistribution computeSignificance(int[][] newOrderings) throws Exception;
public void setDebug(boolean debug);
public double getLastAverage();
public int getNumObservations();
}