edu.cmu.minorthird.classify
Class BinaryClassifier

java.lang.Object
  edu.cmu.minorthird.classify.BinaryClassifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Classifier, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Hyperplane, NegativeBinomialClassifier, RandomForests.VotingClassifier, TweakedLearner.TweakedClassifier

public abstract class BinaryClassifier
extends java.lang.Object
implements Classifier, java.io.Serializable

A Classifier which associates instances with a real number. Positive numbers indicate a positive class, negative numbers indicate a negative class.

Author:

William Cohen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

ClassifierLearner

classifierLearner

Constructor Summary

BinaryClassifier()

Method Summary

ClassLabel	classification(Instance instance) Return a predicted type for the span, as a class label.
ClassifierLearner	getClassifierLearner()
abstract double	score(Instance instance) Get the weight for an instance being in the positive class.
void	setClassifierLearner(ClassifierLearner cl)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface edu.cmu.minorthird.classify.Classifier

explain, getExplanation

Field Detail

classifierLearner

public ClassifierLearner classifierLearner

Constructor Detail

BinaryClassifier

public BinaryClassifier()

Method Detail

setClassifierLearner

public void setClassifierLearner(ClassifierLearner cl)

getClassifierLearner

public ClassifierLearner getClassifierLearner()

classification

public ClassLabel classification(Instance instance)

Description copied from interface: Classifier

Return a predicted type for the span, as a class label.

Specified by:

classification in interface Classifier

score

public abstract double score(Instance instance)

Get the weight for an instance being in the positive class.