com.bayesserver.analysis

Class Association

java.lang.Object

com.bayesserver.analysis.Association

public final class Association
extends Object

Calculates the strength between pairs of variables or sets of variables. Can be used to detect link strengths.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AssociationOutput	calculate(List<AssociationPair> pairs, Evidence evidence, AssociationOptions options) Calculates the association/information between two sets of variables, such as those at either end of a Link.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

calculate

public static AssociationOutput calculate(List<AssociationPair> pairs,
                                          Evidence evidence,
                                          AssociationOptions options)
                                   throws InconsistentEvidenceException

Calculates the association/information between two sets of variables, such as those at either end of a Link.

Parameters:

pairs - The pairs to evaluate.

evidence - Any evidence.

options - Options affecting the calculations.

Returns:

The associations for each pair.

Throws:

InconsistentEvidenceException