org.kramerlab.bmad.algorithms

Interface CandidateGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssociationGenerator, IdentityGenerator, IntersectionGenerator, RestrictedIntersectionGenerator

public interface CandidateGenerator

First component of the generic boolean matrix decomposition algorithm. It takes the original matrix as input, and generates a new matrix, with candidate concepts in the rows.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BooleanMatrix	generateCandidates(BooleanMatrix a, int dimension) Generates candidates from the original matrix

Method Detail

generateCandidates

BooleanMatrix generateCandidates(BooleanMatrix a,
                               int dimension)

Generates candidates from the original matrix

Parameters:

a - original matrix

dimension - number of basis rows (not used by most implementations)

Returns:

matrix with candidate concepts in the rows