SetupExtender.java

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package blog;

import java.util.*;



Interface for objects that can extend the setup of a BLOG inference problem: that is, the model, evidence, and query list. A SetupExtender implementation should have a constructor that takes a single argument of type java.util.Properties, containing configuration parameters.


public interface SetupExtender {
    

Extends the given problem setup. This method can add to the given model, add to the given evidence object, and append queries to the given list of queries.

Parameters: 
model - BLOG model defining the prior distribution
evidence - evidence to condition on
queries - modifiable List of Query objects


    public void extendSetup(Model model, Evidence evidence, List queries);
}


This file was generated on Tue Jun 08 17:53:36 PDT 2010 from file SetupExtender.java
by the ilog.language.tools.Hilite Java tool written by Hassan Aït-Kaci