jidt/java/source/infodynamics/measures/continuous/ChannelCalculator.java

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package infodynamics.measures.continuous;
/**
* An interface for calculators computing measures from a source to a destination
* for single variables in each (specific examples intended here
* are the mutual information and transfer entropy)
*
*
* @author Joseph Lizier, <a href="joseph.lizier at gmail.com">email</a>,
* <a href="http://lizier.me/joseph/">www</a>
*
*/
public interface ChannelCalculator extends ChannelCalculatorCommon {
public void initialise() throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Sets the single set of observations to compute the PDFs from.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with
* {@link #startAddObservations()}/{@link #addObservations(double[], double[])} /
* {@link #finaliseAddObservations()}.</p>
*
* @param source observations for the source variable
* @param destination observations for the destination variable
* @throws Exception
*/
public void setObservations(double source[], double destination[]) 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><b>Important:</b> this does not append these observations to the previously
* supplied observations, but treats them independently - i.e. measurements
* such as the transfer entropy will not join them up to examine k
* consecutive values in time.</p>
*
* <p>Note that the arrays source and destination 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>
*
* @param source observations for the source variable
* @param destination observations for the destination variable
* @throws Exception
*/
public void addObservations(double[] source, double[] destination) 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><b>Important:</b> this does not append these observations to the previously
* supplied observations, but treats them independently - i.e. measurements
* such as the transfer entropy will not join them up to examine k
* consecutive values in time.</p>
*
* <p>Note that the arrays source and destination 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>
*
* @param source observations for the source variable
* @param destination observations for the destination variable
* @param startTime first time index to take observations on
* @param numTimeSteps number of time steps to use
* @throws Exception
*/
public void addObservations(double[] source, double[] destination,
int startTime, int numTimeSteps) throws Exception ;
/**
* <p>Sets the single set of observations to compute the PDFs from.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with
* {@link #startAddObservations()}/{@link #addObservations(double[], double[])} /
* {@link #finaliseAddObservations()}.</p>
*
* @param source observations for the source variable
* @param destination observations for the destination variable
* @param sourceValid time series (with time indices the same as source)
* indicating whether the source at that point is valid.
* @param destValid time series (with time indices the same as destination)
* indicating whether the destination at that point is valid.
* @throws Exception
*/
public void setObservations(double[] source, double[] destination,
boolean[] sourceValid, boolean[] destValid) throws Exception;
}