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## weka.classifiers.functions.pace
Class MixtureDistribution

    java.lang.Object
      weka.classifiers.functions.pace.MixtureDistribution

All Implemented Interfaces:
  RevisionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:
  ChisqMixture, NormalMixture

    public abstract class MixtureDistribution

extends java.lang.Object
implements TechnicalInformationHandler, RevisionHandler

Abtract class for manipulating mixture distributions.

REFERENCES

Wang, Y. (2000). "A new approach to fitting linear models in high dimensional spaces." PhD Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Wang, Y. and Witten, I. H. (2002). "Modeling for optimal probability prediction." Proceedings of ICML'2002. Sydney.

Version:
  $Revision: 1.5 $
Author:
  Yong Wang (yongwang@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Field Summary
`static int` | `NNMMethod` The nonnegative-measure-based method
`static int` | `PMMethod` The probability-measure-based method

Constructor Summary
`MixtureDistribution()`

Method Summary
`PaceMatrix` | `empiricalProbability(DoubleVector data, PaceMatrix intervals)` Computes the empirical probabilities of the data over a set of intervals.
`void` | `fit(DoubleVector data)` Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data.
`void` | `fit(DoubleVector data, int method)` Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data.
`DiscreteFunction` | `fitForSingleCluster(DoubleVector data, int method)` Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data.
`abstract PaceMatrix` | `fittingIntervals(DoubleVector data)` Contructs the set of fitting intervals for mixture estimation.
`DiscreteFunction` | `getMixingDistribution()` Gets the mixing distribution
`TechnicalInformation` | `getTechnicalInformation()` Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.
`abstract PaceMatrix` | `probabilityMatrix(DoubleVector s, PaceMatrix intervals)` Contructs the probability matrix for mixture estimation, given a set of support points and a set of intervals.
`abstract boolean` | `separable(DoubleVector data, int i0, int i1, double x)` Return true if a value can be considered for mixture estimatino separately from the data indexed between i0 and i1
`void` | `setMixingDistribution(DiscreteFunction d)` Sets the mixing distribution
`abstract DoubleVector` | `supportPoints(DoubleVector data, int ne)` Contructs the set of support points for mixture estimation.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` Converts to a string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface weka.core.RevisionHandler
`getRevision`

Field Detail

### NNMMethod

    public static final int NNMMethod

  The nonnegative-measure-based method

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### PMMethod

    public static final int PMMethod

  The probability-measure-based method

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### MixtureDistribution

    public MixtureDistribution()

Method Detail

### getTechnicalInformation

    public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation()

  Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing detailed information about the technical background of this class, e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.

  Specified by:
    `getTechnicalInformation` in interface `TechnicalInformationHandler`
  Returns:
    the technical information about this class

### getMixingDistribution

    public DiscreteFunction getMixingDistribution()

  Gets the mixing distribution

  Returns:
    the mixing distribution

### setMixingDistribution

    public void setMixingDistribution(DiscreteFunction d)

  Sets the mixing distribution

  Parameters:
    `d` - the mixing distribution

### fit

    public void fit(DoubleVector data)

  Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data. The default method is the nonnegative-measure-based method.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data, supposedly generated from the mixture model

### fit

    public void fit(DoubleVector data,
                    int method)

  Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data supposedly generated from the mixture
    `method` - the method to be used. Refer to the static final variables of this class.

### fitForSingleCluster

    public DiscreteFunction fitForSingleCluster(DoubleVector data,
                                                int method)

  Fits the mixture (or mixing) distribution to the data. The data is not pre-clustered for computational efficiency.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data supposedly generated from the mixture
    `method` - the method to be used. Refer to the static final variables of this class.
  Returns:
    the generated distribution

### separable

    public abstract boolean separable(DoubleVector data,
                                      int i0,
                                      int i1,
                                      double x)

  Return true if a value can be considered for mixture estimatino separately from the data indexed between i0 and i1

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data supposedly generated from the mixture
    `i0` - the index of the first element in the group
    `i1` - the index of the last element in the group
    `x` - the value
  Returns:
    true if a value can be considered

### supportPoints

    public abstract DoubleVector supportPoints(DoubleVector data,
                                               int ne)

  Contructs the set of support points for mixture estimation.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data supposedly generated from the mixture
    `ne` - the number of extra data that are suppposedly discarded earlier and not passed into here
  Returns:
    the set of support points

### fittingIntervals

    public abstract PaceMatrix fittingIntervals(DoubleVector data)

  Contructs the set of fitting intervals for mixture estimation.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data supposedly generated from the mixture
  Returns:
    the set of fitting intervals

### probabilityMatrix

    public abstract PaceMatrix probabilityMatrix(DoubleVector s,
                                                 PaceMatrix intervals)

  Contructs the probability matrix for mixture estimation, given a set of support points and a set of intervals.

  Parameters:
    `s` - the set of support points
    `intervals` - the intervals
  Returns:
    the probability matrix

### empiricalProbability

    public PaceMatrix empiricalProbability(DoubleVector data,
                                           PaceMatrix intervals)

  Computes the empirical probabilities of the data over a set of intervals.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the data
    `intervals` - the intervals
  Returns:
    the empirical probabilities

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Converts to a string

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    a string representation

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