javax.datamining.clustering
Interface ClusteringSignatureAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute, SignatureAttribute

public interface ClusteringSignatureAttribute

extends SignatureAttribute

A ClusteringSignatureAttribute represents the signature of an attribute that participated in building the model.

Author:

JSR-73 Java Data Mining Expert Group

See Also:

Attribute, SignatureAttribute

Method Summary

AttributeComparisonFunction	getComparisonFunction() Returns the attribute comparison function used to calculate the distance (or similarity) between two values of the attribute (inner comparison function).
SimilarityMatrix	getSimilarityMatrix() Returns the similarity matrix used in model building.
double	getSimilarityScale() Returns the similarity scale used in model building.

Methods inherited from interface javax.datamining.data.SignatureAttribute

getAttributeType, getDataType, getImportanceValue, getRank

Methods inherited from interface javax.datamining.data.Attribute

getDescription, getName

Method Detail

getComparisonFunction

public AttributeComparisonFunction getComparisonFunction()

Returns the attribute comparison function used to calculate the distance (or similarity) between two values of the attribute (inner comparison function).

Returns:

AttributeComparisonFunction

getSimilarityMatrix

public SimilarityMatrix getSimilarityMatrix()

Returns the similarity matrix used in model building. Returns null if not used.

Returns:

SimilarityMatrix

getSimilarityScale

public double getSimilarityScale()

Returns the similarity scale used in model building. The returned value is undefined if getSimilarityMatrix method returns null.

Returns:

double