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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
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package infodynamics.measures.continuous;
/**
* A basic interface for calculators computing measures on a multivariate <i>channel</i> from a
* source to a destination time-series (i.e. mutual information and transfer entropy).
* In the following, we refer to the abstract measure computed by this calculator
* as the <i>"channel measure"</i>.
*
* <p>This interface inherits from {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon} to make
* it specific to multivariate sources and destinations.</p>
*
* <p>Usage is as described by the paradigm for {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon},
* but with:
* <ul>
* <li>A new {@link #initialise(int, int)} method to specify the number
* of joint variables in the source and destination;</li>
* <li>The abstract "setObservations" and "addObservations" references therein
* implemented in the {@link #setObservations(double[][], double[][])} and
* {@link #addObservations(double[][], double[][])} etc defined here for
* multiivariate series.</li>
* </ul>
*
* @author Joseph Lizier (<a href="joseph.lizier at gmail.com">email</a>,
* <a href="http://lizier.me/joseph/">www</a>)
* @see ChannelCalculator
*/
public interface ChannelCalculatorMultiVariate extends ChannelCalculatorCommon {
/**
* Initialise the calculator for (re-)use, with the existing
* (or default) values of parameters, with number of source
* and destination joint variables specified.
* Clears an PDFs of previously supplied observations.
*
* @param sourceDimensions the number of joint variables in the source
* @param destDimensions the number of joint variables in the destination
*/
public void initialise(int sourceDimensions, int destDimensions) throws Exception;
/**
* Sets a single series from which to compute the PDF for the channel measure.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with other methods for setting/adding
* observations.
*
* <p>The supplied series are certainly (multivariate) time-series for time-series measures
* such as transfer entropy, however may be simply a set of separate observations
* for the mutual information without a time interpretation.
*
* @param source series of multivariate observations for the source variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number)
* @param destination series of multivariate observations for the destination variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number).
* Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @throws Exception
*/
public void setObservations(double[][] source, double[][] destination) throws Exception;
/**
* Sets a single pair of univariate series from which to compute the PDF for the channel measure --
* available ONLY if both sourceDimensions and destDimensions were initialised
* to 1.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with other methods for setting/adding
* observations.
*
* <p>The supplied series are certainly time-series for time-series measures
* such as transfer entropy, however may be simply a set of separate observations
* for the mutual information without a time interpretation.
*
* <p>Design note: this method is defined here in addition to in
* {@link ChannelCalculator} rather than only in {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon}
* since {@link ConditionalTransferEntropyCalculator} etc inherit
* directly from {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon} but this method would not
* be relevant for them.
* </p>
*
* @param source series of observations for the source variable.
* @param destination series of observations for the destination
* variable. Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices
* must correspond.
* @throws Exception if sourceDimensions and destDimensions were not both initialised
* to 1 in {@link #initialise(int, int)}
*/
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 series of multivariate observations for the source variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number)
* @param destination series of multivariate observations for the destination variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number).
* Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @throws Exception
*/
public void addObservations(double[][] source, double[][] destination) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Adds a new set of univariate observations to update the PDFs with.
* available ONLY if both sourceDimensions and destDimensions were initialised
* to 1.
* It is intended to be called multiple times, and 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 {@link #finaliseAddObservations()} has been called
* (they are not copied by this method necessarily, but the method
* may simply hold a pointer to them).</p>
*
* <p>Design note: this method is defined here in addition to in
* {@link ChannelCalculator} rather than only in {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon}
* since {@link ConditionalTransferEntropyCalculator} etc inherit
* directly from {@link ChannelCalculatorCommon} but this method would not
* be relevant for them.
* </p>
*
* @param source series of observations for the source variable.
* @param destination series of observations for the destination
* variable. Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices
* must correspond.
* @throws Exception if sourceDimensions and destDimensions were not both initialised
* to 1 in {@link #initialise(int, int)}
*/
public void addObservations(double[] source, double[] destination) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Adds a new sub-series 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 series of multivariate observations for the source variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number)
* @param destination series of multivariate observations for the destination variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number).
* Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @param startTime first index to take observations on
* @param numTimeSteps number of steps from and including
* <code>startTime</code> 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,
* where the source and destination observations are valid.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with other methods for setting/adding
* observations.</p>
*
* <p>The supplied series are certainly time-series for time-series measures
* such as transfer entropy, however may be simply a set of separate observations
* for the mutual information without a time interpretation.
*
* @param source series of multivariate observations for the source variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number)
* @param destination series of multivariate observations for the destination variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number).
* Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @param sourceValid series (with first indices the same as source)
* indicating whether the source at that index is valid.
* @param destValid time series (with first indices the same as destination)
* indicating whether the destination at that index is valid.
*/
public void setObservations(double[][] source, double[][] destination,
boolean[] sourceValid, boolean[] destValid) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Sets the single set of observations to compute the PDFs from,
* where the source and destination observations are valid for all joint variables.
* Cannot be called in conjunction with other methods for setting/adding
* observations.</p>
*
* @param source series of multivariate observations for the source variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number)
* @param destination series of multivariate observations for the destination variable
* (first index is time or observation index, second is variable number).
* Length must match <code>source</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @param sourceValid series (with indices the same as source)
* indicating whether each variable of the source at that index is valid.
* @param destValid time series (with indices the same as destination)
* indicating whether each variable of the destination at that index is valid.
*/
public void setObservations(double[][] source, double[][] destination,
boolean[][] sourceValid, boolean[][] destValid) throws Exception;
/**
* Compute the local measure values for each of the
* supplied samples in <code>newSourceObservations</code> and
* <code>newDestObservations</code>.
*
* <p>PDFs are computed using all of the previously supplied
* observations, but not those in <code>newSourceObservations</code>
* and <code>newDestObservations</code>
* (unless they were some of the previously supplied samples).</p>
*
* @param newSourceObservations series of observations for the source variable
* (indexed by time or observation index then variable number)
* @param newDestObservations series of observations for the destination variable
* (indexed by time or observation index then variable number)
* Length must match <code>newSourceObservations</code>, and their indices must correspond.
* @return the series of local channel measure values.
* @throws Exception
*/
public double[] computeLocalUsingPreviousObservations(
double[][] newSourceObservations, double[][] newDestObservations)
throws Exception;
}