Interface Associator

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAssociator, Apriori, FilteredAssociator, FPGrowth, SingleAssociatorEnhancer

public interface Associator
  • Method Details

    • buildAssociations

      void buildAssociations(Instances data) throws Exception
      Generates an associator. Must initialize all fields of the associator that are not being set via options (ie. multiple calls of buildAssociator must always lead to the same result). Must not change the dataset in any way.
      Parameters:
      data - set of instances serving as training data
      Throws:
      Exception - if the associator has not been generated successfully
    • getCapabilities

      Capabilities getCapabilities()
      Returns the Capabilities of this associator. Derived associators have to override this method to enable capabilities.
      Returns:
      the capabilities of this object
      See Also: