de.dfki.mycbr.core.similarity
Interface ISimFct

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Observer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdvancedDoubleFct, AdvancedFloatFct, AdvancedIntegerFct, DateFct, DoubleFct, FloatFct, IntegerFct, IntervalFct, NumberFct, OrderedSymbolFct, SpecialFct, StringFct, SymbolFct, TaxonomyFct

public interface ISimFct
extends java.util.Observer

Has to be implemented by each similarity function such that one can always compute similarity of two attributes without casting the ISimFct to a specific object.

Author:

myCBR Team

Method Summary

Similarity	calculateSimilarity(Attribute value1, Attribute value2) Computes the similarity of value1 and value2.
void	clone(AttributeDesc descNEW, boolean active) Creates a new function which is the same function as this but with a different description, namely descNEW.
AttributeDesc	getDesc() Returns the description of the attributes which can be compared using this function
MultipleConfig	getMultipleConfig()
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this function
Project	getProject()
boolean	isSymmetric() Specifies whether this function is symmetric or asymmetric
void	setMultipleConfig(MultipleConfig mc)
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of this function to name
void	setSymmetric(boolean symmetric) Specifies whether this function is symmetric or not.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Observer

update

Method Detail

calculateSimilarity

Similarity calculateSimilarity(Attribute value1,
                               Attribute value2)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Computes the similarity of value1 and value2. Be aware that this function does not have to be symmetric. The specified values have to be of same type and must belong to the same description, else null is returned.

Parameters:

value1 - the first value

value2 - the second value

Returns:

similarity of value1 and value2, invalid similarity if the values do not have the same type or do belong to different attribute descriptions

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

isSymmetric

boolean isSymmetric()

Specifies whether this function is symmetric or asymmetric

Returns:

true, if similarity function is symmetric, false otherwise

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this function

Returns:

the name of this function

setName

void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of this function to name

Parameters:

name - the new name of this function

getDesc

AttributeDesc getDesc()

Returns the description of the attributes which can be compared using this function

Returns:

the description this function belongs to

setSymmetric

void setSymmetric(boolean symmetric)

Specifies whether this function is symmetric or not. If a function sim is symmetric, sim(q,c) = sim(c,q) should hold for all queries q and cases c this function is defined on. Else the function is asymmetric.

Parameters:

symmetric - specifies whether this function is symmetric or not.

getMultipleConfig

MultipleConfig getMultipleConfig()

setMultipleConfig

void setMultipleConfig(MultipleConfig mc)

getProject

Project getProject()

clone

void clone(AttributeDesc descNEW,
           boolean active)

Creates a new function which is the same function as this but with a different description, namely descNEW. Assumption: this function fits the description of descNEW.

Parameters:

descNEW -

active -