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package infodynamics.measures.continuous;
/**
* <p>Interface for multivariate implementations of the mutual information.</p>
*
* <p>
* Intended usage of the child classes:
* <ol>
* <li>Construct</li>
* <li>Set properties using {@link #setProperty(String, String)}</li>
* <li>{@link #initialise(int, int)} or {@link #initialise(int, int, double)}</li>
* <li>Provide the observations to the calculator using:
* {@link #setObservations(double[][], double[][])}, or
* {@link #setCovariance(double[][])}, or
* a sequence of:
* {@link #startAddObservations()},
* multiple calls to either {@link #addObservations(double[][], double[][])}
* or {@link #addObservations(double[][], double[][], int, int)}, and then
* {@link #finaliseAddObservations()}.</li>
* <li>Compute the required information-theoretic results, primarily:
* {@link #computeAverageLocalOfObservations()} to return the average
* value based on the supplied observations; or other calls to compute
* local values or statistical significance.</li>
* </ol>
* </p>
*
* @author Joseph Lizier, <a href="mailto:joseph.lizier at gmail.com">joseph.lizier at gmail.com</>
*
* @see "T. M. Cover and J. A. Thomas, 'Elements of Information
Theory' (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991)."
*/
public interface MutualInfoCalculatorMultiVariate extends ChannelCalculatorMultiVariate {
/**
* Time difference between data1 and data2 - assumed to be >= 0
*/
public static final String PROP_TIME_DIFF = "TIME_DIFF";
/**
* Compute the mutual information if the second variable were ordered as per the ordering
* specified in newOrdering
*
* @param newOrdering
* @return
* @throws Exception
*/
public double computeAverageLocalOfObservations(int[] newOrdering) throws Exception;
public double[] computeLocalUsingPreviousObservations(double states1[][], double states2[][])
throws Exception;
}